Asian Economic Papers

2002 - 2025

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Volume 18, issue 3, 2019

The Politics and Economics of the U.S.-China Trade War pp. 1-28

Deborah Swenson and Wing Thye Woo

The Status of China's Market Economy and Structural Reforms: The Issues Behind the U.S.–China Trade War* pp. 34-51

Miaojie Yu

Trade Wars and the Disarray in the Global Trading System: Implications for the Philippines* pp. 59-75

Maria Joy V. Abrenica, Ricardo Rafael S. Guzman and Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista

Defending the Rule-based Trading Regime: The Multilateral Trading System at Risk and Required Responses pp. 78-87

Fukunari Kimura

U.S.–China Trade Tensions on Indonesia's Trade and Investment Our paper describes how the U.S.–China trade tensions affect Indonesia's trade and investment. The direct impacts come through increasing uncertainties, lower world demand, and diverted East Asian regional production networks. The indirect impacts can be observed in trade and investment reallocations. Amidst the tension, in 2018, the Indonesian economy grew 5.17 percent with reserves of 6.7 months of imports. Its trade with the United States and China grew by 7.5 percent and 23.5 percent, respectively. Although creating opportunities for Indonesia in the short run, trade tensions will repress the world economy. Indonesia understands that trade openness will improve productivity and we believe it will continue its reforms to be more open and integrated into the world economy pp. 95-112

Lili Yan Ing and Yessi Vadila

U.S.–China Trade War: Potential Trade and Investment Spillovers into Malaysia* pp. 117-135

Siew Yean Tham, Andrew Kam Jia Yi and Tee Beng Ann

U.S.–China Trade Conflict and the Changing Multilateral Trading System: Korea's Perspective* pp. 142-160

Jin Kyo Suh

Impacts of the U.S.–China Trade War on ASEAN: Case of Thailand pp. 166-188

Bhanupong Nidhiprabha

Volume 18, issue 2, 2019

Heterogeneous Impacts of Free Trade Agreements: The Case of Japan* pp. 1-20

Kenta Yamanouchi

Technical Change, Exports, and Employment Growth in China: A Structural Decomposition Analysis* pp. 28-46

Ha Doan and Trinh Long

Commodity Price Cycles, the Agricultural Trap, and Thailand's Incessant Subsidies* pp. 49-69

Bhanupong Nidhiprabha

Early Life Exposure to Air Pollution, Cognitive Development, and Labor Market Outcome* pp. 77-95

Rashesh Shrestha

Geographical and Strategic Factors in Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Europe* pp. 102-119

Xavier Richet

The Impacts of Financial Development, Urbanization, and Globalization on Income Inequality: A Regression-based Decomposition Approach* pp. 126-141

Wai Choi Lee, Tsun Se Cheong, Yanrui Wu and Jianxin Wu

A Model of Household Savings and Alternative Investments in Rural China* pp. 145-162

Yuekai Cheng, Hongyi Li, Qi Sun and Yu Wang

Volume 18, issue 1, 2019

Chinese Corporate Debt and Credit Misallocation* pp. 1-34

Ninghua Zhong, Mi Xie and Zhikuo Liu

Push vs. Pull Factors of Capital Flows Revisited: A Cross-country Analysis* pp. 39-60

Tae Soo Kang and Kyunghun Kim

Impact of Financialization and Financial Development on Inequality: Panel Cointegration Results Using OECD Data* pp. 69-90

Hochul Shin and Keun Lee

Money Demand in a Dollarized Economy: Evidence from Laos PDR pp. 99-115

Phouphet Kyophilavong, Gazi Uddin, Muhammad Shahbaz, Charles Harvie and Teerawat Charoenrat

Is There an “East Asian Education Model”? A Study on Varieties of Education Regimes* pp. 123-146

Supanutt Sasiwuttiwat and Somkiat Tangkitvanich

The Long-Term Financial Sustainability of the Civil Service Pension Scheme in Malaysia* pp. 155-178

Sheila Rose Darmaraj and Suresh Narayanan

Revisiting the Twin-Hub Trade Pattern in East Asia* pp. 185-199

Chun-Chien Kuo, Deng-Shing Huang and Tzu-Han Yang

Effects of National Science and Technology Programs on Innovation in Chinese Firms* pp. 207-236

Xing Shi, Yanrui Wu, Dahai Fu, Xiumei Guo and Huaqing Wu

Natural Disasters and International Financial Accessibility in Developing Countries* pp. 245-261

Jiyoun An and Bokyeong Park

Volume 17, issue 3, 2018

Climbing the Ladder: Socioeconomic Mobility in Malaysia* pp. 1-23

Muhammed Abdul Khalid

RMB Bloc in East Asia: Too Early to Talk About It? pp. 31-48

Chang Sik Kim, Sunghyun Kim and Yunjong Wang

Toward a Consumer-Centered Economy and Its Implications for International Trade and Asia's Development* pp. 56-74

Matthias Helble

Are Production Networks Passé in East Asia? Not Yet* pp. 86-107

Ayako Obashi and Fukunari Kimura

The Decline of Income Inequality in China: Assessments and Explanations* pp. 115-140

Guanghua Wan, Ting Wu and Yan Zhang

Sustainable Development and Currency Exchange Rate Behavior pp. 148-173

Mohamed Ariff and Alireza Zarei

Explaining Multidimensional Poverty: A Household-Level Analysis pp. 183-210

Carlos C. Bautista

Volume 17, issue 2, 2018

The Effect of an Introduction of Retail Sales Tax in China pp. 1-20

Shiyu Li, Shuanglin Lin and Suresh Narayanan

On the Demand for Female Workers in Japan: The Role of ICT and Offshoring pp. 25-46

Kozo Kiyota and Sawako Maruyama

Chinese Services Gaining Significance in Global Production Chains pp. 50-64

Heli Simola

What Explains Current Account Surplus in Korea? pp. 70-93

Chirok Han and Kwanho Shin

The End of Cheap Labor: Are Foreign Investors Leaving China? pp. 94-107

Julian Donaubauer and Christian Dreger

Capital Control and Monetary Policy in Asian Emerging Market Economies pp. 111-134

Yongseung Jung, Soyoung Kim and Doo Yong Yang

Education Development and Wage Inequality in Urban China pp. 140-151

Shi Li, ShanshanWu and Chunbing Xing

Volume 17, issue 1, 2018

Eurozonization of the Chinese Economy: How Do Intergovernmental Transfers Affect Local Government Debt in China? pp. 1-18

Ming Lu and Huiyong Zhong

Are Capital Flows Fickle? Increasingly? And Does the Answer Still Depend on Type? pp. 22-41

Barry Eichengreen, Poonam Gupta and Oliver Masetti

The Effect of Import Competition on Wages in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector* pp. 46-67

Masahiro Endoh

The Elusive Pursuit of Import Substitution in 21st Century Indonesia* pp. 73-93

Dionisius Narjoko, Titik Anas and Robertus Herdiyanto

The Day After Tomorrow: Evaluating the Burden of Trump's Trade War pp. 101-120

Meixin Guo, Lin Lu, Liugang Sheng and Miaojie Yu

How Are the Determinants of Emerging Asia's Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Inflows Different from Outflows?* pp. 123-144

Qin Liang, Ningxu Li and Jie Li

Exchange Rate Flexibility, Financial Market Openness, and Economic Growth* pp. 145-162

Il Houng Lee and Kyunghun Kim

Volume 16, issue 3, 2017

The Global Productivity Slump: Common and Country-Specific Factors pp. 1-41

Barry Eichengreen, Donghyun Park and Kwanho Shin

Aging and Property Prices: A Theory of Very-Long-Run Portfolio Choice and Its Predictions on Japanese Municipalities in the 2040s pp. 48-74

Yoshihiro Tamai, Chihiro Shimizu and Kiyohiko G. Nishimura

Can Russia Survive Economic Sanctions? pp. 78-120

Seth Benzell and Guillermo LaGarda

The Rise and Fall of Thailand's Export-Oriented Industries pp. 128-150

Bhanupong Nidhiprabha

Vertical and Horizontal Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Malaysian Manufacturing pp. 158-183

Ergun Dogan, Koi Wong and Michael M. C. Yap

R&D Performance in High-Tech Firms in China pp. 193-208

Zhao Chen, Sang-Ho Lee and Wei Xu

Competition Effects and Industrial Productivity: Lessons from Japanese Industry pp. 212-249

Masahito Ambashi

The Global Value Chain and the Competitiveness of Asian Countries pp. 257-281

Kozo Kiyota, Keita Oikawa and Katsuhiro Yoshioka

Interest Liberalization and the Estimation of Implicit Interest Rates in China's Banking Sector pp. 287-307

Yan Shen and Wenlong Bian

Volume 16, issue 2, 2017

Markets Matter: The Potential of Intra-Regional Trade in ASEAN and Its Implications for Asian Regionalism pp. 1-19

Lurong Chen, Philippe De Lombaerde and Ludo Cuyvers

Globalization and School–Work Choices in an Emerging Economy: Vietnam pp. 28-45

Ian Coxhead and Rashesh Shrestha

The Role of Domestic Institutions and FDI on Innovation—Evidence from Chinese Firms pp. 55-76

Yi Qu and Yingqi Wei

Financial Conditions Indexes and Monetary Policy in Asia pp. 83-117

Margarita Debuque-Gonzales and Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista

Cross-border Vertical Integration and Intra-firm Trade: New Evidence from Korean and Japanese Firm-level Data pp. 126-139

Hyunbae Chun, Jung Hur, YoungGak Kim and Hyeog Ug Kwon

Price Regulation and Tacit Collusion in the Interbank Electronic Bulk and Retail Credit Transfer Services: Thailand's Experience pp. 143-160

Deunden Nikomborirak

Earnings Premium in State Jobs Across Urban China pp. 167-184

Yuanyuan Ma, Patrick Walsh and Liming Wang

Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers pp. 187-209

Toshiyuki Matsuura

Asset-based Reserve Requirements in a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model pp. 216-242

Tae Soo Kang and Hyunduk Suh

Volume 16, issue 1, 2017

Deepening and Widening of Production Networks in ASEAN pp. 1-27

Ayako Obashi and Fukunari Kimura

RMBI or RMBR? Is the Renminbi Destined to Become a Global or Regional Currency? pp. 35-59

Barry Eichengreen and Domenico Lombardi

The Size and Costs of Bribes in Malaysia: An Analysis Based on Convicted Bribe Givers pp. 66-84

Christine Siew-Pyng Chong and Suresh Narayanan

China's Growth Slowdown and Prospects for Becoming a High-Income Developed Economy pp. 89-113

Ding Lu

Trade Liberalization and the Aggregate Matching Function in India pp. 120-137

Woong Lee

Internationalization of Indian Enterprises: Patterns, Determinants, and Policy Issues pp. 142-166

Prema-chandra Athukorala and C Veeramani

Managing Economic Stability under Volatile Capital Flows: East Asia Perspectives pp. 174-192

Chalongphob Sussangkarn

Government Support and R&D Investment Effectiveness in Chinese SMEs: A Complex Relationship pp. 201-226

Claudio Petti, Lauretta Rubini and Silvia Podetti