Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

1996 - 2025

Current editor(s): Leong Liew

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Volume 30, issue 4, 2025

Impact of state-level labour law reforms in India: an empirical analysis pp. 1199-1227

Bibek Debroy, Supriyo De, Aditya, Chirag Dudani and Jayasimha K. R.

Caste affiliation and access to high-authority jobs in the Indian service sector pp. 1228-1254

Arun Kumar Bairwa and Jadhav Chakradhar

Estimates of the trade and global value chain (GVC) effects of China’s Pilot Free Trade Zones: a research based on the quantitative trade model pp. 1255-1302

Zhuangxiong Yu, Jiarong Han, Xunpeng (Roc) Shi and Yang Yang

How does carbon emissions trading affect China’s energy intensity? pp. 1303-1327

Donglan Zha, Ting Xu and Mei Wang

Place-based policies, agglomeration economics, and environmental impacts: evidence from China’s Xinjiang targeted pairing aid program pp. 1328-1347

Ming Xu and Linzi Zheng

Reshaping urban horizons: unraveling urban spatial expansion through development zone site selection pp. 1348-1387

Junting Zhou, Lu Chen and Xiuyan Liu

Digital economy development and enterprise investment – a quasi-natural experiment from the pilot strategy of “broadband China” pp. 1388-1415

Jiqiang Huang and Jizhe Zhang

Monocentricity or polycentricity? The study on the enterprise environmental performance of urban spatial structure pp. 1416-1446

Zhe Huo, Yuping Shang, Silu Zhou, Meixia Meng, Daniel Balsalobre Lorente and Xiaowei Ma

Analysis of foreign affiliate efficiency and determinants: evidence from Korean multinational firms pp. 1447-1469

Gahee Bak

Estimating the natural rate of interest for the emerging Asia pp. 1470-1485

Hirofumi Suzuki

Adoption of organic soil fertility measures and their impact on farm outcomes: a case study of millet cultivators in India pp. 1486-1505

Dayakar Peddi, B. Suresh Reddy and E. Revathi

Decomposition of food price inflation in Sri Lanka pp. 1506-1525

Dinithi Malaviarachchi and Pradeepa Malkanthi Korale-Gedara

A dynamic modelling of the regional and international political economy of US aid to Pakistan pp. 1526-1547

Syed Ali Abbas, Shabib Haider Syed, Neil Campbell and Kuldeep Kumar

Benchmarking of corporate social responsibility in China pp. 1548-1573

Hongxun Liu, Qianhui Wang, Jiaying Pei and Jianglong Li

Unlocking financial access in a developing country amidst COVID-19: the impacts of financial literacy and fintech pp. 1574-1610

Dao Ha and Kim Nguyen

Analysis of the spatial association network structure of China’s green innovation efficiency pp. 1611-1637

Guangming Yang, Siyi Cheng, Yizhi Qin and Qingqing Gui

Exploring the non-linear relationship and mechanisms linking green finance to tourism development pp. 1638-1669

Shufeng Cong, Chin Lee and Lei Xu

Debt maturity structure and corporate risk: an empirical study based on pandemic shock in China pp. 1670-1701

Zhenshan Wang and Dandan Feng

Robots and green total factor productivity: evidence from China pp. 1702-1726

Bowen Li, Xin Liu and Cai Zhou

Economics of catching up and leapfrogging: how have Malaysia and Thailand fared against South Korea and Taiwan in the electronics industry? pp. 1727-1750

Rajah Rasiah and Miao Zhang

Volume 30, issue 3, 2025

Climate change and income inequality in Asia: how does institutional quality matter? pp. 737-761

Cong Minh Huynh and Hoang Hiep

Living distance and women’s labor force participation: evidence from China pp. 762-787

Xinheng Li

Analyzing the effects of financial inclusion on poverty and income inequality in SAARC developing nations pp. 788-811

Muhammad Azam Khan

Quantile causal relationship between Bitcoin and stock indices pp. 812-828

Myeong Jun Kim and Sung Y. Park

The impact of US-Sino trade war on commodity-currency nexus pp. 829-861

You-How Go and Ken-Soon Yong

The impact of internet use on multinational enterprises’ OFDI: evidence from China pp. 862-885

Hui Li and Qi-an Chen

Regional economic growth, digital economy and tax competition in China: mechanism and spatial assessment pp. 886-912

Xinwen Lin and Angathevar Baskaran

The belt and road initiative: a spatial empirical analysis of economic performance in Central Asia and the South Caucasus pp. 913-934

Alter Kahraman and Mehmet Özcan

Projections of private vehicle ownership, energy demand and vehicular emissions – a study of metropolitan cities in India pp. 935-959

B. Ajay Krishna

Export response to technical barriers to trade: evidence from high-tech exports of China to the United States pp. 960-981

Sin-Huei Ng and Yuxiang Su

Property rights protection, financing, and firm exports: the impact of China’s property law enactment pp. 982-1008

Yunyan Wei, Jun Ma and Song Wu

Asymmetric trade costs, domestic value chains and global value chains in China: mechanism and effect assessment pp. 1009-1033

Jinran Chen

Macroprudential policy, bank risk and efficiency: some evidence from China pp. 1034-1064

Qiaoling Kang, Minghua Chen, Ji Wu and Zhiyang Hui

A distribution dependence study on the impacts of public health expenditure on national health across countries using quantile-on-quantile method pp. 1065-1087

Chao Chen, Kexing Wu and Weiping Wu

Internal migrants, skill complementarity and wage premium for local workers: a micro econometric analysis of Chinese households pp. 1088-1111

Weiping Wu, Yuxuan Yang, Leyan Su, Yuwei Sun and Tuozhi Liu

On the financial sustainability of social security pension fund in Macao: a simulation analysis pp. 1112-1136

Lu Liu, Adrian (Wai Kong) Cheung, Lifei Xue, Shiyan Lou and Yang Chen

Microcredit, gender norms, and women’s experiences of economic coercion and agency in Matlab, Bangladesh pp. 1137-1157

A. T. Hoover, K. L. Andes, R. T. Naved, A. Talukder and K. M. Yount

Indonesian foreign investment policy under oligarchic economy: striking balance between economic nationalism and liberalization pp. 1158-1176

Ali Sahab, Demas Nauvarian, Naomi Devi Larasati and Citra Hennida

Value-added tax expansion reform and specialization in China: evidence from textual analysis pp. 1177-1197

Yang Wang, Wei Huang and Sajid Anwar

Volume 30, issue 2, 2025

Marital decision-making power and husband’s happiness: evidence from a micro dataset in China pp. 303-328

Zhongwu Li and Xueliang Feng

Gender role attitudes and the gender wage gap: evidence from China pp. 329-358

Xinxin Ma

Towards equitable healthcare provision: convergence of public health spending and the role of decentralization in Malaysia pp. 359-375

Yusniliyana Yusof and Kazi Arif Uz Zaman

Do flexible exchange rates matter for monetary autonomy? pp. 376-397

Rim Oueghlissi, Sy-Hoa Ho, Tuan Nguyen-Anh and Riadh El Ferktaji

Measurement and spatial-temporal convergence analysis of high-quality development of service industry: new city-level evidence in China pp. 398-426

Penglong Li, Yongze Yu and Ye Xuan

Higher education quality improvement and economic growth in China pp. 427-450

Zilian Li and Naili Sun

Do investment tax incentives promote firm pollution abatement investment? Evidence from China’s value-added tax reform pp. 451-482

Fei Peng, Shibiao Zhou and Ya Chen

Free trade agreements (FTAs) and export structures: evidence from Thailand pp. 483-521

Juthathip Jongwanich

Does trade still follow the “flag”? Evidence from the partnership and bilateral trade in China pp. 522-550

Jianjun Zhou and Gaoyi Lin

Relationship between SMEs’ ESG performance and value creation in China: the moderating role of government subsidies pp. 551-574

Weidong Zhu, Xue Hu, Yong Wu and Tianjiao Zhang

Can negative media coverage drive corporate environmental responsibility? Evidence from heavy-polluting companies in China pp. 575-588

Fangyu Ye, Yi Li and Xijun Pei

The welfare impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of the Philippine labor market using the CGE-microsimulation approach pp. 589-616

Cymon Kayle Lubangco and Philip Arnold Tuano

Identifying the sources of economic growth in Sri Lanka under trade liberalization: the primal and dual total factor productivity growth pp. 617-642

Ranpati Dewage Thilini Sumudu Kumari and Sam Hak Kan Tang

Statistical identification of predictors of dropout in secondary education: evidence from Malaysia pp. 643-669

Rosna Awang Hashim, Hock-Eam Lim, Mohd Fairuz Jafar, S. Kanageswari Suppiah Shanmugam and Nurliyana Bukhari

Do the poor save more? Evidence from natural disasters and household savings in China pp. 670-688

Xiangpo Chen and Yumeng Liu

Unveiling the economic odyssey: exploring the well-being of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia pp. 689-711

Md Mohsin Reza, M. Rezaul Islam and Thirunaukarasu Subramaniam

Can target-based environmental regulations effectively improve city air quality? Evidence from China’s total emissions control policy pp. 712-735

Yanyan Gao and Jianbo Huang

Volume 30, issue 1, 2025

A study of the anti-poverty effect of minimum wage in underdeveloped areas: based on the perspective of farmers’ employment choices and income pp. 1-18

Enmeng Liu, Yurui Jiang, Qin Zhang, Lei Yan and Jiapeng Liu

Crop-insurance adoption and impact on farm households’ well-being in India: evidence from a panel study pp. 19-38

Dinamani Biswal and Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati

The factors affecting rural residents’ willingness to burden-share costs of local infrastructure supply in developing countries: evidence from China pp. 39-60

Weiling Jiang, Yangyi Fan, Igor Martek, Huixin Qi and Ying Li

Social networks and earnings differential of internal migrants in Indonesia: a switching regression pp. 61-83

Siti Parhah, Armida S. Alisjahbana, Mohamad Fahmi and Raden Muhamad Purnagunawan

The impact of COVID-19 on the labour market and the role of E-commerce development in developing countries: Evidence from Indonesia pp. 84-127

Masagus M Ridhwan, Asep Suryahadi, Jahen Rezki and Dinda Thalia Andariesta

ESG scoring and forecasting in China: advancing sustainable business with multidimensional modeling pp. 128-157

Lemuel Kenneth David, Jianling Wang, Vanessa Angel and Nosheen Amjad

Guangdong – Hong Kong – Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA): economic progress, diversification, and convergence pp. 158-189

Vinh Q. T. Dang, Fung Kwan and Agnes I. F. Lam

How does uncertainty drive the bank lending channel of monetary policy? pp. 190-210

Van Dan Dang and Japan Huynh

Investment and economic growth: a dilemma in China pp. 211-242

Qiong Zhang and Zhongwen Zhang

Federal transfers and sub-national spending in India: an analysis of the stimulatory effect pp. 243-264

A. M. Suha and P. S. Renjith

A Markov switching approach to business cycles in India pp. 265-281

Mathew Koshy Odasseril and K.R. Shanmugam

The impact of the digital economy on rural residents’ tourism consumption: evidence from China pp. 282-301

Qiuyang Zhou