Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

1996 - 2025

Current editor(s): Leong Liew

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Volume 19, issue 4, 2014

Superstitions and stock trading: some new evidence pp. 527-538

Richard Chung, Ali F. Darrat and Bin Li

Are there any roles for social conformity and deviance in poverty? Insights from a field study on working poverty and educational investment in Bangladesh pp. 539-557

Partha Gangopadhyay, Mustafa Rahman and Biswa Nath Bhattacharya

The impact of microcredit on rural households in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam pp. 558-578

Dinh Khoi Phan, Christopher Gan, Gilbert Nartea and David A. Cohen

A note on height and surnames: the role of networks pp. 579-587

Wolter Hassink and Bas van Leeuwen

Spillover effects and the decision to export in Korean manufacturing firms pp. 588-603

Yonghun Jung and Seong-Hoon Lee

Inflation–growth relationship in selected Asian developing countries: evidence from panel data pp. 604-628

Ahmed Taneem Muzaffar and Pramod (Raja) Junankar

Reducing poverty and income inequality in Sri Lanka: does trade liberalisation help? pp. 629-655

Sumudu Perera, Mahinda Siriwardana and Stuart Mounter

Revisiting the productivity growth and spillovers debate: the case of Malaysian manufacturing sector pp. 656-681

Andrew Jia-Yi Kam

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy pp. ebi-ebi

The Editors

Volume 19, issue 3, 2014

Tracing the impact of market reform on productivity growth of rice at the farm level in Bangladesh pp. 391-408

Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Sanzidur Rahman, Jeroen Buysse and Guido Van Huylenbroeck

How inflationary are oil price hikes? A disaggregated look at Thailand using symmetric and asymmetric cointegration models pp. 409-422

Mansor Ibrahim and Kanokwan Chancharoenchai

Farmland loss and livelihood outcomes: a microeconometric analysis of household surveys in Vietnam pp. 423-444

Tuyen Tran, Steven Lim, Michael Cameron and Vu Van Huong

The impact of patenting activity on the financial performance of Malaysian firms pp. 445-463

Farha Ghapar, Robert Brooks and Russell Smyth

Regional heterogeneity and location choice of FDI in Korea via agglomeration and linkage relationships pp. 464-487

Ki-Dong Lee and Seok-Joon Hwang

The investment climate and enterprise performance in rural Pakistan: implications for rural non-farm employment generation pp. 488-505

Mona Sur, Jian Zhang and Kevin Chen

Cultural inflow effects on Japanese import demand for consumer products: importance of halo effects pp. 506-521

Sang Hyeon Lee, Doo Bong Han and Rodolfo Nayga

Book Reviews pp. 522-524

Pravakar Sahoo

Book Reviews pp. 524-526

John Thoburn

Volume 19, issue 2, 2014

Sectoral analysis of an Australia–India free trade agreement pp. 205-229

Sang-Wook Cho and Gordon Yoon

Australia's export potential: an exploratory analysis pp. 230-246

Adil Miankhel, Kaliappa Kalirajan and Shandre M. Thangavelu

Growth without private investment: what happened in Malaysia and can it be fixed? pp. 247-271

Jayant Menon

Modelling the impact of foreign direct investment and human capital on economic growth: empirical evidence from the Philippines pp. 272-289

Frank Agbola

Women as marginal workers in informal mining and quarrying, India: a preliminary analysis pp. 290-309

Pundarik Mukhopadhaya and Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

The pathways from industrial agglomeration to TFP growth – the experience of Chinese cities for 2001–2010 pp. 310-332

Shanzi Ke and Yufeng Yu

Science park, triple helix, and regional innovative capacity: province-level evidence from China pp. 333-352

Juthathip Jongwanich, Archanun Kohpaiboon and Chih-Hai Yang

What determines China's trade balance dynamics: a disaggregate analysis of panel data pp. 353-368

Xin Gu, Zhang-Yue Zhou and A.B.M. Rabiul Alam Beg

Labor-intensive industries in middle-income countries: traps, challenges, and the local garment market in Thailand pp. 369-386

Kenta Goto and Tamaki Endo

Book review pp. 387-389

Vivan Sharan

Volume 19, issue 1, 2014

Does a firm's political connection to government have economic value? pp. 1-24

C.M. Chen, Mohamed Ariff, Taufiq Hassan and Shamsher Mohamad

Do Asia and Pacific countries compete in corporate tax rates? pp. 25-51

Yang Chen, W. H. Huang and Paulo Regis

Downward stickiness of interest rates in the Australian credit card market pp. 52-65

Abbas Valadkhani, Sajid Anwar and Amir Arjomandi

A note on the effects of education on youth smoking in a developing country pp. 66-73

Kitae Sohn

Value capture in global production networks: evidence from the Taiwanese electronics industry pp. 74-88

Namchul Shin, Kenneth L. Kraemer and Jason Dedrick

Unravelling the complex motivations behind China's outward FDI pp. 89-100

Yi Zhang and Hein Roelfsema

Internationalisation of born global firms: Evidence from Malaysia pp. 101-136

Sulina Kaur and Manjit Singh Sandhu

Services trade integration in Asia: comparison with Europe and North America pp. 137-150

Shintaro Hamanaka

The impact of forced mergers and acquisitions on banks’ total factor productivity: empirical evidence from Malaysia pp. 151-185

Fadzlan Sufian and Muzafar Shah Habibullah

Identifying the winners under the Age Discrimination Prohibition Legislation in Korea: policy remedy for redistribution pp. 186-201

Hae-Chun Rhee, Kwangho Woo and Joonmo Cho

Book Review pp. 202-203

Adiwan Aritenang

Volume 18, issue 4, 2013

Gender bias in schooling: the case for Bhutan pp. 513-528

Phuntsho Choden and Dipanwita Sarkar

Exchange rate depreciation and export price competitiveness: the case of Pakistani manufacturing industries pp. 529-542

Uzma Zia and Zafar Mahmood

The pricing and performance of IPOs for small- and medium-sized enterprises: evidence from Thailand pp. 543-559

Jirapun Chorruk and Andrew Worthington

Lunar calendar effect: evidence of the Chinese Farmer's Calendar on the equity markets in East Asia pp. 560-593

Wei-han Liu

Dynamics of health insurance enrollment in Vietnam, 2004–2006 pp. 594-614

Ha Nguyen and Suiwah Leung

The determinants of profit efficiency of banks in Vietnam pp. 615-631

Ha Vu and Daehoon Nahm

Theme: Macro and micro dimensions of manufacturing performance in India pp. 632-633

Vinish Kathuria, Rajesh S.N. and Kunal Sen

Small versus large manufacturing units: how efficient are they? pp. 634-653

Bishwanath Goldar and Arup Mitra

Do effective state–business relations matter for firm performance? A study of Indian manufacturing pp. 654-672

Vinish Kathuria, Rajesh S.N. and Kunal Sen

Explaining the ‘jobless’ growth in Indian manufacturing pp. 673-692

Jayan Thomas

A Review of “Paths to development in Asia: South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Indonesia” pp. 693-694

Guanie Lim

Editorial Board pp. ebi-ebi

The Editors

Volume 18, issue 3, 2013

Geographic disparities in well being and fiscal expenditures in Thailand: 2000 vs. 2009 pp. 359-381

Emmanuel Skoufias and Sergio Olivieri

Social networks, informal trade credit and its effects on business growth: evidence from the local garment trade in Vietnam pp. 382-395

Kenta Goto

Firm-level investment and monetary policy in Malaysia: do the interest rate and broad credit channels matter? pp. 396-412

Zulkefly Karim and W.N.w Azman-Saini

Industrial policy and the development of the automotive industry in Thailand pp. 413-437

Kaoru Natsuda and John Thoburn

Trends and forecasting of employment intensity of growth in India pp. 438-459

Falguni Pattanaik and Narayan Nayak

The effect of foreign currency borrowing and financial development on exports: a dynamic panel analysis on Asia-Pacific countries pp. 460-476

Kin Tang, Hui Tan and N.A.m Naseem

Does a firm's political connection to government have economic value? pp. 477-501

Chow-meng Chen, Mohamed Ariff, Tuafiq Hassan and Shamsher Mohamad

A note on soil erosion and the loss in crop production: case study of Fiji's ginger farms pp. 502-511

Renuka Mahadevan and Waisiki Gonemaituba

Volume 18, issue 2, 2013

Guest editor's introduction pp. 193-194

Noel Gaston

Recent trends in consumption in Japan and the other G7 countries pp. 195-202

Charles Horioka

Government size, fiscal policy and the level and growth of output: a review of recent evidence pp. 203-229

Norman Gemmell and Joey Au

Trade liberalisation and growth: a threshold exploration pp. 230-252

Rodney Falvey, Neil Foster-McGregor and Ahmed Khalid

Trade, finance, specialization and synchronization in the Asia-Pacific pp. 253-270

Shihan Xie, Tianyin Cheng and Wai-Mun Chia

International migration and the welfare state: Asian perspectives pp. 271-289

Noel Gaston and Gulasekaran Rajaguru

Corruption, democracy and Asia-Pacific countries pp. 290-303

Neil Campbell and Shrabani Saha

Trends in income inequality in China: the effects of various sources of income pp. 304-317

Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

The export response to exchange rates and product fragmentation: the case of Chinese manufactured exports pp. 318-332

Nobuaki Yamashita and Sisira Jayasuriya

Income volatility of Indonesian banks after the Asian Financial Crisis pp. 333-358

Barry Williams

Volume 18, issue 1, 2013

Euro zone debt crisis: scenario analysis and implications for developing Asia-Pacific pp. 1-25

Sudip Basu, Clovis Freire, Pisit Puapan, Vatcharin Sirimaneetham and Yusuke Tateno

Turnover, ownership and productivity in Malaysian manufacturing pp. 26-50

Ergun Dogan, Koi Wong and Michael Yap

Firm dynamics in the Cambodian garment industry: firm turnover, productivity growth and wage profile under trade liberalization pp. 51-70

Yoko Asuyama, Dalin Chhun, Takahiro Fukunishi, Seiha Neou and Tatsufumi Yamagata

Service delivery and human development in Papua New Guinea: the performance of provincial governments pp. 71-85

Simon Feeny

Expectations and the cost of disinflation in Vietnam pp. 86-97

Thi Thu Tra Pham and James Riedel

Taiwan's Asia Pacific economic strategies after the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement pp. 98-114

Shiro Armstrong

The internationalisation of Indian multinationals: determinants of expansion through acquisitions pp. 115-132

Laura Rienda, Enrique Claver and Diego Quer

Has Chinese economy become more stable? pp. 133-148

Chengsi Zhang

No news is not good news: evidence from the intra-day return volatility–volume relationship in Shanghai Stock Exchange pp. 149-167

Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti, Gary Tian, Min Xu and Guangchuan Li

Property rights, trade credit and entrepreneurial activity in China pp. 168-192

Go Yano, Maho Shiraishi and Haiqing Hu