Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

1996 - 2025

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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

Volume 29, issue 4, 2024

COVID-19 and South Asia: an overview pp. 1685-1693

Selim Raihan and Iyanatul Islam

Assessing the trade–connectivity linkages in South Asia in post-pandemic period: an empirical investigation pp. 1694-1708

Prabir De and Durairaj Kumarasamy

COVID-19 effects and home-grown policy response in Sri Lanka pp. 1709-1723

Ganeshan Wignaraja

Responding to the economic consequences of COVID 19 in Pakistan: lessons learnt pp. 1724-1736

Vaqar Ahmed

The macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 vaccinations in five Asian countries pp. 1737-1765

George Verikios, Tara Shridhar and Tilak Susantha Liyanaarachchi

COVID-19, trade and gender in Bangladesh pp. 1766-1784

Bazlul Haque Khondker and Laetitia Pettinotti

Analyzing monetary policies and bank credit in Indonesia’s provincial clusters amidst COVID-19 pandemic pp. 1785-1833

Sugiharso Safuan, Eric Alexander Sugandi, Muzafar Shah Habibullah and Gregory A. James

Does geopolitical risk affect bilateral trade? Evidence from South Korea pp. 1834-1853

Chi Yeol Kim and Hyungsuk Jin

The disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on the labour market in South Korea pp. 1854-1868

Taiwon Ha

Does the commercialization of academic patents spatially converge? Empirical evidence from China pp. 1869-1892

Jiafeng Gu

Economic analysis of exposure to the elevated level of PM10 in Vietnam: a COI and WTP approach pp. 1893-1910

Tien Dung Khong, Yen Dan Tong, David Walker and Khai Viet Huynh

Exploring the macro-market determinants of Chinese FDI in OBOR nations: considering the role of IFRS adoption pp. 1911-1939

Waseem Ahmad Khan, Zia Ur Rahman and Shoukat Iqbal Khattak

Why has inequality in the Philippines declined? A two-stage hierarchical inequality decomposition analysis by location and education pp. 1940-1959

Takahiro Akita, Raquel Celeste and Sachiko Miyata

The interest rate transmission mechanism and transmission efficiency of monetary policy in China: empirical analysis based on TVP-SV-VAR model pp. 1960-1994

Zheng Lü, Jingyi Xu and Liping Liu

The impact of education on inequality in a decentralized Indonesia pp. 1995-2006

Matondang Siburian

Universal basic income, time inconsistency and saving regret pp. 2007-2022

Tomoya Suzuki

Climate sensitivity of major crops yield in Telangana state, India pp. 2023-2040

Rajeshwar Moulkar and Dayakar Peddi

How education reduces urban relative poverty? Evidence from China pp. 2041-2064

Kun Zhang, Shuxun Cai and Yuanyuan Wang

From nickel to Electric cars? Indonesia’s resource cum automotive industry policy pp. 2065-2086

Martin Schröder and Fusanori Iwasaki

Do low-income households inevitably benefit more from microfinance participation? Evidence from rural China pp. 2087-2109

Zhao Ding, Xinyi Fan and Wonder Agbenyo

The China effect on regional economic integration: a longitudinal study of Central, South, and Southeast Asia pp. 2110-2132

Hong Liu, Chengwei Xu and Guanie Lim

How do government bond yields respond to monetary policy? Evidence from Vietnam pp. 2133-2151

Sy-Hoa Ho, Nu Ngoc Thuy Hoang, Minh Hien Luong, Huong-Nam Dau and Hoang Anh Le

Productivity loss and misallocation of resources in Southeast Asia pp. 2152-2169

Francesca de Nicola, Norman Loayza and Ha Nguyen

Exploring precise poverty alleviation policies based on causal inference: a case study from China pp. 2170-2190

Qing Guo, Youyang Liu and Min Zhu

Trade liberalisation and export competitiveness of Indian manufacturing industries: some explanations pp. 2191-2225

Ramaa Arun Kumar and Biswajit Dhar

Whither South Korea’s economic growth? Growth deceleration, structural issue, and risk of stagnation pp. 2226-2260

Jaejoon Woo

Unleashing the nexus among export sophistication, digital development, and ecological efficiency: evidence from China pp. 2261-2294

Yu Hao, Anzhe Pan and Muhammad Irfan

The effect of the regulation of the total amount of household loans on lending behavior of Korean banks pp. 2295-2323

Ji-Yong Seo

Volume 29, issue 3, 2024

Political background and its influences on wage gaps: Evidence from China pp. 995-1022

Xinxin Ma

Politically connected independent directors are ‘helping hand’ and ‘grabbing hand’ for CSR performance of firms in Pakistan pp. 1023-1041

Zahid Irshad Younas, Samavia Arshad and Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan

Communist party participation and corporate disclosure quality: governance effect or reputation effect? pp. 1042-1074

Yange Gao and Jian Feng

Does regional gender inequality affect stock market participation? Evidence from China pp. 1075-1105

Yulin Liu and Min Zhang

Unfolding impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in Asia pp. 1106-1137

Asami Takeda, Takiko Igarashi and Tetsushi Sonobe

Productivity growth convergence across Indian states: a spatial dynamic panel analysis pp. 1138-1164

Chhavi Tiwari, Sankalpa Bhattacharjee, Pradeepta Sethi and Debkumar Chakrabarti

Effects of macro-financial shocks on bank liquidity creation: evidence from Mongolia pp. 1165-1190

Gan-Ochir Doojav and Munkhbayar Purevdorj

Uncertainty, risk aversion and corporate performance: evidence from the Asia-Pacific region pp. 1191-1211

Dao Le Trang Anh, Christopher Gan, Shan Jin and Nguyen Tuan Anh

Institutional effects of Chinese OFDI under the Belt and Road Initiative: exporting the Chinese model? pp. 1212-1238

Kunling Zhang

Food expenditure of the poorest deciles: expected vulnerability and counterintuitive indulgence? pp. 1239-1256

Jan-Jan Soon, Azira Abdul Adzis, Shri Dewi Applanaidu and Norhaslinda Zainal Abidin

Investor sentiments and extreme risk spillovers from oil to stock markets: evidence from Asian countries pp. 1257-1283

Fei Wu, Qiang Ji, Yan-Ran Ma and Dayong Zhang

Labour market effects of social insurance reform in Vietnam pp. 1284-1312

Long Giang and Kieu-Dung Nguyen

Poverty mitigation and anti-corruption campaigns: evidence from Chinese cities pp. 1313-1343

Maoyong Cheng, Yu Meng, Justin Jin and Khalid Nainar

How does financial openness affect economic growth at different stages of economies? pp. 1344-1367

Doo Kyun Wang, H. E. Cha and Naveen Seth

Are more generous health insurance positively associated with health outcomes of the elderly? evidence from China pp. 1368-1387

Jusheng Shieh, Xin-peng Xu, Hua You and Qi-feng Wu

Trade credit and corporate investment: enhancing value creation pp. 1388-1417

Bahadır Karakoç

Quantity or quality: who makes manufacturing stronger? pp. 1418-1436

Zheng Li, Yan Miao and Ying Liu

Does China’s direct investment in ASEAN have institutional preference from the perspective of investment motivation heterogeneity? pp. 1437-1461

Chen Siyue, Gengzhi Huang, Zhang Hongou, Ye Yuyao and Wu Qitao

Systemic risk in the consumer credit network across financial institutions pp. 1462-1482

Hosung Jung and Hyun Hak Kim

What causes outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from India into least developed countries (LDCs)? pp. 1483-1512

Apoorva Jain and Sonal Thukral

Fiscal decentralization and income convergence: evidence from Vietnam pp. 1513-1532

Le Thi Thu Diem and Neil Hart

Investigating SME’s credit constraints: a trinary approach pp. 1533-1563

Lan Archer, Parmendra Sharma and Jen-Je Su

Local financial development and the growth of small firms in Vietnam pp. 1564-1598

Viet T. Tran, Yabibal Walle, Helmut Herwartz and Trung Thanh Nguyen

Navigating LDC graduation: modelling the impact of RCEP and CPTPP on Bangladesh pp. 1599-1621

Selim Raihan, Sangeeta Khorana and Mahtab Uddin

What affects the fraction of collateral-constrained households in the housing market? The case of Taiwan pp. 1622-1649

Shiou-Yen Chu

How does industrial convergence affect regional high-quality development? Evidence from China pp. 1650-1683

Feng Dong and Yangfan Li

Correction pp. 1684-1684

The Editors

Correction pp. 1685-1685

The Editors

Volume 29, issue 2, 2024

Economic freedom, economic development and income inequality in Asia: an analysis from the Kuznets curve perspective pp. 443-462

Cong Minh Huynh

The effects of corruption on China’s provincial eco-efficiency pp. 463-482

Zhujia Yin, Leilei Li, C. Hueng and Yantuan Yu

The persistence of China’s great famine on individuals’ choice to pursue self-employment pp. 483-505

Xinyan Hu, Xiangpo Chen, Wenhui Chen and Lin Xie

Drivers of land use efficiency among ethnic minority groups in Vietnam: a longitudinal study pp. 506-524

Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Chinh Hoang-Duc, Anh Le-Ngoc and Thinh Nguyen-An

Occupational feminization, gender, and wages: evidence from Thailand pp. 525-544

Sasiwimon Paweenawat and Lusi Liao

The impact of outward foreign direct investment on China’s export: an analysis using two-tier stochastic frontier gravity model pp. 545-565

Song Zhang, Kaliappa Kalirajan and Chunlai Chen

Household electrification, food consumption and welfare nexus in Sri Lanka: an intertemporal analysis pp. 566-587

Maneka Jayasinghe

International competitiveness and currency internationalization: an application to RMB internationalization pp. 588-611

Yuming Cui, Lian Liu and Ke Peng

Exchange rate pass-through and its heterogeneity under the pegged regime: a case of Vietnam pp. 612-633

The Anh Pham, Hoang Huy Nguyen, Dinh Ngoc Nguyen and Linh Manh Vu

Insight of the Chinese enterprises’ investment performance along ‘one belt one road’ pp. 634-657

Rui Xue, HuiZheng Liu, Claude Baron, XinYue Miao and Muhammad Afaq Haider Jafri

On the link between the real exchange rate and domestic investment in Asia: Are there asymmetric effects? pp. 658-667

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and Sujata Saha

Does government support make small and medium-sized enterprises reluctant to grow? Evidence from South Korea pp. 668-692

Jin-Uk Choi, Chang-Yang Lee and Ji-Hwan Lee

Regional convergence and spatial dependence in Thailand: global and local assessments pp. 693-720

Katikar Tipayalai and Carlos Mendez-Guerra

House purchasing intention and household participation in the financial market: evidence from Chinese households pp. 721-738

Zhou Li and Xin-Zhe Xu

Servicification and global value chain upgrading: empirical evidence from China’s manufacturing industry pp. 739-761

Yunsu Du and Frank Agbola

Pro-poorness of rural economic growth and the roles of education in Bhutan, 2007–2017 pp. 762-788

Takahiro Akita and Dorji Lethro

Internet use and income gaps between rural and urban residents in China pp. 789-809

Xinxin Ma

The nexus between foreign exchange and external debt in Indonesia: evidence from linear and nonlinear ARDL approaches pp. 810-836

B. S. Nazamuddin, Sri Sukma Wahyuni, F. Fakhruddin and F. Fitriyani

High-speed rail and urban innovation: based on the perspective of labor mobility pp. 837-862

Chang'an Wang, Junqian Wu and Xiaoqian Liu

Agglomeration economies and firm performance in Chinese cities: does CEO educational specialization matter pp. 863-881

Cui Zhang and Baifang Wang

Corporate financial decision under green credit guidelines: evidence from China pp. 882-907

Yongji Zhang, Shikai Cao, Xiaohan Lin, Zhi Su and Ke Wang

The impact of high speed railway on government expenditure on poverty alleviation in China —Evidence from Chinese poverty counties pp. 908-928

Lichao Wu, Yanpeng Jiang and Fan Yang

The impact of place-based policy: evidence from a multiple synthetic control analysis of the northeastern revitalization program in China pp. 929-948

Justin T. Callais and Linan Peng

Time-varying comparison of the effectiveness of China’s price- and quantity-based monetary policy tools: an empirical analysis based on the TVP-FA-S-VAR model pp. 949-971

Dayu Liu, Yang Song and Dekai Chen

ICT, human capital and productivity in Chinese cities pp. 972-993

Qing Li and Yanrui Wu

Volume 29, issue 1, 2024

Misplacing social capital in women’s economic wellbeing – the experience of microcredit from Bangladesh pp. 1-18

Mohammed Anwar Hossain

Business experience and local government size: evidence from China pp. 19-37

Weijie Luo

Impact of fiscal transfers policy on regional growth convergence in India pp. 38-55

Shanmugam K. and Shanmugam K. Rangasamy

Fiscal decentralization and interregional Capital misallocation: evidence from China pp. 56-89

Zheng Li and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

Determining fiscal equalization transfers for elementary education to Indian States pp. 90-111

Jyotsna Rosario and K.R. Shanmugam

Is there reciprocity between India and RCEP member countries' goods trade? pp. 112-133

Changping Zhao, Xinli Qi, Yu Gong, Xiaoling Feng, Xuping Cao and Yun Zhang

Can India universalize social insurance before its demographic dividend ends? pp. 134-153

Santosh Mehrotra

How does the productivity of foreign-invested enterprises spill over to domestic firms in Vietnamese manufacturing? pp. 154-189

Hai Thanh Nguyen

Investment responses to trade liberalization: impact of CKFTA pp. 190-205

Adriana Bortoluzzo, Camila de Freitas Souza Campos and Helder Albuquerque Vaz

Selective industrial policy and capital misallocation: evidence from the ‘Revitalization Plan for Ten Industries’ in China pp. 206-236

Xiulu Huang, Pengfei Ge and Bole Zhou

Carbon emissions, consumption structure upgrading, and high-quality economic development: empirical evidence from China pp. 237-259

Meng Liu and Hanhui Hu

Evolution of production networks and the localisation of firms: evidence from the Thai automotive industry pp. 260-281

Ikuo Kuroiwa, Kriengkrai Techakanont and Souknilanh Keola

The impact of macroprudential policies on bank risk under economic uncertainty: Evidence from emerging Asian economies pp. 282-313

Bang Jeon, Yao Yao, Minghua Chen and Ji Wu

Impact of foreign ownership on firm productivity: evidence from Japanese manufacturing firms pp. 314-327

Jaehyun Yoon

Social isolation: a key to explain a migrant worker cigarette smoking pp. 328-340

Wojciech J. Florkowski, Zhongyuan Liu and Huiguang Chen

Economic policy uncertainty, resource endowments and industrial structure transformation pp. 341-361

Fangyu Ye, Jingjing Deng, Bibang Gong and Zhiyao Zeng

Can the university matching mechanism in Malaysia do better? An experimental evaluation of three matching mechanisms pp. 362-385

Ooi Tze Wei, Ch’ng Kean-Siang and Suresh Narayanan

Unemployment disparities in Asia-Pacific economies: physical capital or human capital pp. 386-399

Hui-Hsuan Tang and De-Chih Liu

Foreign residents and local public expenditure: evidence from South Korea pp. 400-423

Hoyong Jung and Bong Hwan Kim

Income convergence of Indian states in the post-reform period: evidence from panel stationarity tests with smooth structural breaks pp. 424-441

Biswa Swarup Misra, Muhsin Kar, Saban Nazlioglu and Cagin Karul