The Developing Economies

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Volume 56, issue 4, 2018

Speculative Behavior in Vacant Land Development: Evidence for Real Options in Malaysia pp. 245-266

Muhammad Zaim Razak, Haniza Khalid and Azhar Mohamad

Does the Caste of the Firm Owner Play a Role in Access to Finance for Small Enterprises? Evidence from India pp. 267-296

Rajesh Raj and Subash Sasidharan

Resource Allocation, Structural Change, and the Dynamics of Manufacturing Productivity in Indonesia pp. 297-327

Chih‐Hai Yang, Chao‐Jing Yang, Chung‐Yueh Chiu and Hsuan‐Yu Lin

NGO Politics in Sri Lanka: Local Government and Development by Indi Ruwangi Akurugoda, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, xii + 182 pp pp. 328-331

Nawalage S. Cooray

Volume 56, issue 3, 2018

Birth Order and Sibling Sex Composition Effects Among Surviving Children in India: Enrollment Status and Test Scores pp. 157-196

Momoe Makino

The Lame‐Duck Effect and Fiscal Policy in China pp. 197-220

Pi‐han Tsai and Jianliang Ye

The Effects of Protests on Agents’ Expectations: Evidence from Students’ Demonstrations in Chile pp. 221-235

Juan Correa, Raúl Morales and Francisco Parro

Regulations and International Trade: New Sustainability Challenges for East Asia edited by Etsuyo Michida, John Humphrey, and Kaoru Nabeshima, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, xiii +321 pp pp. 236-239

Katja Biedenkopf

Volume 56, issue 2, 2018

Nobuhiko Fuwa pp. 77-77

Keijiro Otsuka

Introduction to the Special Issue on Revisiting the Role of Human Capital in Development pp. 78-81

Keijiro Otsuka, Yuya Kudo and Nobuhiko Fuwa

Human Capital and the Middle Income Trap: How Many of China's Youth are Going to High School? pp. 82-103

Lei Wang, Mengjie Li, Cody Abbey and Scott Rozelle

The Role of Human Capital in Cluster†Based Industrial Development pp. 104-116

Keijiro Otsuka and Tetsushi Sonobe

Human Capital and Agglomeration Economies in Urban Development pp. 117-139

Jacques Thisse

Revisiting the Role of Human Capital in Development: Discussion pp. 140-144

Nobuhiko Fuwa, Yuya Kudo, Keijiro Otsuka, Jacques Thisse and Scott Rozelle

Industrial Organization in Iran: The Weakly Organized System of the Iranian Apparel Industry by Yoko Iwasaki, Singapore, Springer, 2017, vii + 102 pp pp. 145-148

Kenta Goto

The Chinese and Indian Corporate Economies: A Comparative History of Their Search for Economic Renaissance and Globalization by Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown, London, Routledge, 2017, xvii + 471 pp pp. 148-152

Kenji Koike

Volume 56, issue 1, 2018

“Land Grab†or Development Opportunity? The Effect of Transnational Farmland Investments on the Ghanaian Economy pp. 3-34

Donggul Choi

The Role of Exports in the Transmission of Horizontal and Vertical Spillovers of Foreign Direct Investment: The Case of Turkish Manufacturing Industry pp. 35-50

Felor Ebghaei and Arzu Akkoyunlu Wigley

Does Microfinance Reduce Poverty among the Poorest? A Macro Quantile Regression Approach pp. 51-65

Maricruz Lacalle†Calderon, Manuel Perez†Trujillo and Isabel Neira

Political Determinants of Income Inequality in Emerging Democracies by Takeshi Kawanaka and Yasushi Hazama, Singapore, Springer, 2016, ix + 112 pp pp. 66-68

Dilip K. Das

Varieties and Alternatives of Catching†up: Asian Development in the Context of the 21st Century edited by Yukihito Sato and Hajime Sato, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, xviii + 314 pp pp. 68-70

Yoshifumi Okawa

Volume 55, issue 4, 2017

Sectoral Estimates of Informality: A New Method and Application for the Turkish Economy pp. 261-289

Ceyhun Elgin and Muhammed Burak Sezgin

Innovation and Firm-Level Productivity: Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 290-314

Abdul Waheed

The Point of No Return: Refugees, Rights, and Repatriation by Katy Long, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, x + 257 pp pp. 315-317

Yutaka Tatewaki

The Political Economy of Schooling in Cambodia: Issues of Quality and Equity edited by Yuto Kitamura, D. Brent Edwards Jr., Chhinh Sitha, and James H. Williams, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, xii + 245 pp pp. 317-320

Kana Miwa

Volume 55, issue 3, 2017

Introduction to the Special Issue (II) pp. 167-170

Chin Hee Hahn, Dionisius Narjoko and Shujiro Urata

Does Trade Liberalization Boost Quality Upgrading? Evidence From Indonesian Plant-Product-Level Data pp. 171-188

Kazunobu Hayakawa, Toshiyuki Matsuura and Sadayuki Takii

Worker Training, Firm Productivity, and Trade Liberalization: Evidence from Chinese Firms pp. 189-209

Qing Liu, Larry Qiu and Miaojie Yu

Import Tariff Reductions and Adjustment of Plant's Product Portfolio in the Domestic and Export Market in Korea pp. 210-229

Yong-Seok Choi and Chin Hee Hahn

Trade Liberalization, Market Share Reallocation, and Aggregate Productivity: The Case of the Indonesian Manufacturing Industry pp. 230-249

Kazunobu Hayakawa and Toshiyuki Matsuura

In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution: Views from Rice and Maize Farmers' Fields edited by Keijiro Otsuka and Donald F. Larson, Tokyo, Springer, 2016, xxiii + 208 pp pp. 250-252

Kazushi Takahashi

The Myanmar Economy: Its Past, Present and Prospects edited by Konosuke Odaka, Tokyo, Springer, 2016, xv + 239 pp pp. 252-255

Sean Turnell

Volume 55, issue 2, 2017

Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 53-55

Chin Hee Hahn, Dionisius Narjoko and Shujiro Urata

Exchange Rate Uncertainty and R&D Investment: Evidence from Japanese Firms pp. 56-74

Keiko Ito and Shoko Haneda

Overseas Expansion and Domestic Business Restructuring in Japanese Firms pp. 75-104

Keiko Ito and Kenta Ikeuchi

Industry FDI and the Distribution of Plant Productivity: Analysis Using Korean Plant-Level Data pp. 105-129

Bo-Young Choi and Ju Hyun Pyun

Trade Protection and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Thai Manufacturing pp. 130-157

Juthathip Jongwanich and Archanun Kohpaiboon

Economic and Natural Disasters since 1900: A Comparative History by John Singleton, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2016, vi + 247 pp pp. 158-160

Daniel P. Aldrich

Zhu Rongji and China’s Economic Take-Off by John Wong, London, Imperial College Press, 2016, ix + 336 pp pp. 160-162

Dilip K. Das

Volume 55, issue 1, 2017

The Role of Off-Farm Labor Participation Decisions of Married Farm Couples on Farm Direct Marketing in Taiwan pp. 3-22

Hung-Hao Chang, Junlin He and Kannika Saeliw

The Impact of Social Safety Net Programs on Household Savings in Colombia pp. 23-37

Jorge Tovar and Miguel Urrutia

The Political Economy of Sustainable Development: Policy Instruments and Market Mechanisms by Timothy Cadman, Lauren Eastwood, Federico López-Casero Michaelis, Tek Narayan Maraseni, Jamie Pittock, and Tapan Sarker, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2015, xvi + 254 pp pp. 38-41

Mihoko Shimamoto

Women's Lives and Livelihoods in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan: Ceremonies of Empowerment and Peacebuilding by Zulfiya Tursunova, Lanham, MD, Lexington Books, 2014, xix + 219 pp pp. 41-44

Masato Hiwatari

Forgotten People: Poverty, Risk and Social Security in Indonesia: The Case of the Madurese by Gerben Nooteboom, Leiden, Brill, 2015, x + 314 pp pp. 44-47

Akiko Morishita

Volume 54, issue 4, 2016

Interest Rate Pass-Through in Mongolia pp. 271-291

Gan-Ochir Doojav and Kaliappa Kalirajan

Financial and Political Institutional Problems as Instigators of Banking Crises pp. 292-312

Aytul Ganioglu

Industrial Clusters, Migrant Workers, and Labour Markets in India edited by Shuji Uchikawa, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, xiii + 238 pp pp. 313-316

Keshab Das

Human Security, Changing States and Global Responses: Institutions and Practices edited by Sangmin Bae and Makoto Maruyama, Abingdon, Routledge, 2015, xvi + 175 pp pp. 316-320

Yoichi Mine

Southeast Asian Muslims in the Era of Globalization edited by Ken Miichi and Omar Farouk, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, xiii + 271 pp pp. 321-323

Maznah Mohamad

Volume 54, issue 3, 2016

Adult Mortality, AIDS, and Fertility in Rural Malawi pp. 215-242

Dick Durevall and Annika Lindskog

Is There any Threshold in the Relationship Between Mother's Education and Child Health? Evidence from Nigeria pp. 243-256

Meherun Ahmed and Kazi Iqbal

The Disintegration of Production: Firm Strategy and Industrial Development in China edited by Mariko Watanabe, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2014, vii + 347 pp pp. 257-260

Eric Thun

“Original Sin”? Revising the Revisionist Critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore by Kumar Ramakrishna, Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015, vii + 167 pp pp. 260-263

Michael D. Barr

Institutional Engineering and Political Accountability in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines by Patrick Ziegenhain, Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015, xiv + 299 pp pp. 263-266

Maria Ela L. Atienza

Volume 54, issue 2, 2016

Credit Conditions in Pakistan: Supply Constraints or Demand Deficiencies? pp. 139-161

Jameel Ahmed

Can Market Potential Explain Regional Disparities in Developing Countries? Evidence from Turkey pp. 162-197

Burhan Karahasan, Fatma Doğruel and Ali Suut Dogruel

The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor by William Easterly, New York, NY, Basic Books, 2013, viii + 394 pp pp. 198-201

Toru Nakanishi

Between Dissent and Power: The Transformation of Islamic Politics in the Middle East and Asia edited by Khoo Boo Teik, Vedi R. Hadiz, and Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, xv + 282 pp pp. 201-204

Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid

The Growth of Chinese Electronics Firms: Globalization and Organizations by Koichiro Kimura, New York, NY, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, xix + 174 pp pp. 205-207

Jun Akabane

Transforming Malaysia: Dominant and Competing Paradigms edited by Anthony Milner, Abdul Rahman Embong, and Tham Siew Yean, Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014, ix + 239 pp pp. 208-210

Lee Poh Ping

Volume 54, issue 1, 2016

Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 3-5

Shin-ichi Fukuda and Etsuro Shioji

Unconventional Monetary Policy, Global Liquidity Circulation, and Inflation Divergence around the World pp. 6-26

Taeyoon Sung and Jong-Hee Kim

Spillover Effects of United States’ Unconventional Monetary Policy on Korean Bond Markets: Evidence from High-Frequency Data pp. 27-58

Ki Young Park and Ji Yong Um

Unconventional Monetary Policy and its External Effects: Evidence from Japan's Exports pp. 59-79

Shin-ichi Fukuda and Tsutomu Doita

Impacts of Quantitative Monetary Easing Policy in the United States and Japan on the Thai Economy pp. 80-102

Bhanupong Nidhiprabha

Effects of Quantitative Easing Monetary Policy Exit Strategy on East Asian Currencies pp. 103-129

Eiji Ogawa and Zhiqian Wang

Transforming India: Challenges to the World's Largest Democracy by Sumantra Bose, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2013, 337 pp pp. 130-133

Norio Kondo