Decoupling and Sources of Structural Transformation of East Asian Economies: An International Input-Output Decomposition Analysis

Jong-Hwan Ko () and Werner Pascha ()
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Jong-Hwan Ko: Pukyong National University
Werner Pascha: University of Duisburg-Essen

East Asian Economic Review, 2014, vol. 18, issue 1, 55-81

Abstract: This study aims to answer two questions using input-output decomposition analysis: 1) Have emerging Asian economies decoupled? 2) What are the sources of structural changes in gross outputs and value-added of emerging Asian economies related to the first question? The main findings of the study are as follows: First, since 1990, there has been a trend of increasing dependence on exports to extra-regions such as G3 and the ROW, indicating no sign of "decoupling", but rather an increasing integration of emerging Asian countries into global trade. Second, there is a contrasting feature in the sources of structural changes between non-China emerging Asia and China. Dependence of non-China emerging Asia on intra-regional trade has increased in line with strengthening economic integration in East Asia, whereas China has disintegrated from the region. Therefore, it can be said that China has contributed to no sign of decoupling of emerging Asia as a whole.

Keywords: Decoupling of Emerging Asian Economies; Asian International Input-Output Tables; Input-Output Decomposition Analysis; Sources of Structural Changes in Gross Outputs and Value-added (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C67 E23 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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