Summary Resource interdependence has driven economic integration in the Asia-Pacific. Through trade and investment ties, Northeast Asian steel industries have developed global production networks with…
Topic: Political Economy
Abstract Resource nationalism is on the rise around the globe. During the recent global resource boom, many governments have adopted nationalistic policies to maximise the…
Abstract Since 2005, a burgeoning wave of Chinese investments has set off a new ‘minerals boom’ in the Australian iron ore and coal mining sectors.…
Abstract China has made contradictory claims about its attitude toward the existing international order. Is China a “responsible stakeholder” in the existing international regimes? Or…
Abstract China’s outward direct investment (ODI) has grown rapidly since 2004. But along with such phenomenal growth is a mixed feeling toward Chinese investments in…
Abstract Over the past two decades, several regional cooperation programs were initiated by multilateral and bilateral donors to address concerns about the development gap in…
Abstract In this paper, I investigate the causes of the recent sharp response of the yen and Japanese stock prices to the discussion of, and…
Abstract Thanks to doi moi, Vietnam was successful in escaping the poverty trap and emerged as a lower middle-income country in the late 2000s. From that…
Abstract We study micro price dynamics and their macroeconomic implications using daily scanner data from 1988 to 2013. We provide five facts. First, posted prices…
Abstract Sound macroeconomic and financial fundamentals, plus quick and forceful fiscal policy responses contributed to Thailand’s and Indonesia’s economic recovery in the aftermath of the…
Abstract Japan has suffered from a long-lasting but mild deflation since the latter half of the 1990s. Estimates of a standard Phillips curve indicate that…
Abstract What is the role of domestic politics in facilitating or constraining a government’s decision to participate in free trade agreements (FTAs)? This paper seeks…
Abstract The economic reforms implemented by the Thein Sein government face several challenges, some of which continue from the past military regime and some of…
Abstract Trade and investment reforms in Laos since the mid-1980s have boosted natural resource-based exports, underpinning recent economic growth. A high proportion of the proceeds…
Abstract China’s economic strategy is facing new challenges arising from the changes in the world economy as well as in its domestic conditions. Given the…
