Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Is Promoting Foreign Direct Investment Worthwhile? Learning from the East Asian Experience
01 November 2009
Abstract East Asia presents a new model of industrialization that aggressively utilizes the dynamics of multinational corporations (MNCs). The model puts networks of production into … Read More
Who Uses Free Trade Agreements?
01 November 2009
It is noted that utilisation of ASEAN Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) is low by international standards. In order to clarify the reasons for … Read More
Trade Facilitation in the ASEAN Economic Community
02 November 2009
Trade facilitation refers to the reduction of costs in the trading system. Significant cost reductions are possible, but policy reform and international cooperation … Read More
Energy Market Integration in East Asia: A Regional Public Goods Approach
01 November 2011
Abstract This study applies a regional public goods approach to the study of energy market integration (EMI) in East Asia, with a view to clarifying … Read More
Gas Market Integration: Global Trends and Implications for the EAS Region
02 November 2011
Abstract East Asia is already the main destination of the world's commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG). However, the gas markets in the EAS area are … Read More
Impacts of Incoming Knowledge on Product Innovation: Technology Transfer in Auto-related Industries in Developing Economies
03 November 2011
This paper studies two questions on the role of networked sources of knowledge influential to product innovation. First: What is the extent of … Read More
Study on the Development of an Energy Security Index and an Assessment of Energy Security for East Asian Countries
01 November 2012
List of Project Members DR. KEN KOYAMA (LEADER): Managing Director, Chief Economist, Charge of Strategy Research Unit, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ). MR. … Read More
Who Disseminates Technology to Whom, How, and Why: Evidence from Buyer-Seller Business Networks
04 November 2013
Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between firm-level upgrading and buyer-seller business networks in order to better understand how and to whom technology transfer occurs. … Read More
The Road to Bali: ERIA Perspectives on the WTO Ministerial and Asian Integration
08 November 2013
List of Project Members MR. YOSHIFUMI FUKUNAGA: Senior Policy Coordinator, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta, Indonesia. DR. JOHN RIADY: Executive … Read More
Stimulating Innovation in ASEAN Institutional Support, R&D Activity and Intellectual Property Rights
11 November 2013
Using a stylized framework of technological capability development through pursuing Keynesian-Kaleckian style demand management strategies, this paper discusses initiatives that poorer member governments … Read More
Financial Integration Challenges in ASEAN beyond 2015
11 November 2013
Abstract Financial integration challenges in ASEAN beyond 2015 can be grouped into two broad classes. The first classes of challenges are the regulatory and … Read More
What are the Opportunities and Challenges for ASEAN?
13 November 2013
Abstract This paper attempts to investigate the features of development and restructuring patterns of regional production/distribution networks, mainly in machinery sectors, using finely disaggregated international … Read More
Towards a Truly Seamless Single Windows and Trade Facilitation Regime in ASEAN Beyond 2015
13 November 2013
The current status of trade facilitation measures including the ASEAN Single Window initiative is reviewed and assessed. Similar initiatives for trade facilitation in … Read More
Standards Harmonisation in ASEAN: Progress, Challenges and Moving Beyond 2015
13 November 2013
Addressing technical barriers to trade is a key priority of ASEAN as part of trade facilitation in achieving the Single Market and Production Base under … Read More
Development and Restructuring of Regional Production/Distribution Networks in East Asia
23 November 2013
Abstract This paper attempts to investigate the features of development and restructuring patterns of production/distribution networks in East Asia, mainly in machinery sectors, using international … Read More
Impact of the 2011 Floods, and Flood Management in Thailand
23 November 2013
This paper first describes the causes of the major flooding in Thailand in 2011, which include natural events, unregulated land-use patterns and flood … Read More
Evolution of Machinery Production Networks: Linkage of North America with East Asia
23 November 2013
Abstract This paper investigates the developing pattern of machinery trade and the extent and depth of production networks in North America from the perspective of … Read More
Market Integration and Energy Trade Efficiency: An Application of Malmqvist Index to Analyse Multi-Product Trade
04 November 2014
Abstract This paper uses the data envelope analysis method to investigate the Malmquist index-based gravity relationship between bilateral energy trade flows and their determinants throughout … Read More
Infrastructure Investment for Power Trade and Transmission in ASEAN+2: Costs, Benefits, Long-Term Contracts, and Prioritised Development
04 November 2014
This study establishes a system approach in assessing the financial viability of power infrastructure investment for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and ASEAN … Read More
ASEAN-India Gas Cooperation: Redefining India's "Look East" Policy with Myanmar
04 November 2014
As economic power shifts towards Asia---particularly China, India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ---a robust energy cooperation within this region … Read More
Impact of International Oil Price Shocks on Consumption Expenditures in ASEAN and East Asia
05 November 2014
This paper examines the impact of international oil shocks on consumption expenditure in selected ASEAN and East Asia economies. By including oil shocks … Read More
Deregulation, Competition, and Market Integration in China's Electricity Sector
05 November 2014
This report presents an updated and expanded review of reforms in China's electricity sector. It aims to examine the impact of reforms on … Read More
Enhanced Measurement of Energy Market Integration in East Asia: An Application of Dynamic Principal Component Analysis
05 November 2014
As a part of the initiatives to enhance cooperation between ASEAN and its dialogue partners, the energy market integration (EMI) in East Asia … Read More
Study on Asian Potential of Biofuel Market
17 November 2014
Executive Summary Background, objectives, and scope With a growing population, rising income levels, and expanding urbanisation, Asia's demand for oil is expected to increase rapidly. … Read More
ERIA official newsletter "ERIA FRAMES" (November - December 2014 Issue) released
18 November 2014
ERIA FRAMES is a bimonthly newsletter issued by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). The newsletter presents a picture of the … Read More
Automobile and Auto Components Industries in ASEAN: Current State and Issues
19 November 2014
The ASEAN region is going through a time of changes. Concretely, efforts towards the realisation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 are … Read More
Financing ASEAN Connectivity
30 November 2014
This report gives deeper insights on how the infrastructure development is being funded in different ASEAN Member States (AMSs) for ASEAN Connectivity. In … Read More
Energy Market Integration in East Asia: Deepening Understanding and Moving Forward
30 November 2014
East Asian nations through the dialogue between ASEAN and its partners have been promoting energy market integration (EMI) for a decade. The formation … Read More
Framing the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Post- 2015
16 November 2015
An inclusive, sustainable, resilient, and dynamic community that engages and benefits the people is what ASEAN aspires to in the post-2015 period. This … Read More
The Comprehensive Asian Development Plan 2.0 (CADP 2.0): Infrastructure for Connectivity and Innovation
20 November 2015
Abstract The original version of the Comprehensive Asia Development Plan (CADP), which was submitted to the East Asia Summit in 2010 (ERIA, 2010), presented a … Read More
Linking Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in ASEAN
24 November 2015
Abstract Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) food security can be comprehensively governed by the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and the ASEAN Social and Cultural … Read More
Improving the Regulatory and Support Environment for Migrant Workers for Greater Productivity, Competitiveness, and Social Welfare in ASEAN
24 November 2015
Abstract Migration between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states will increase when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) stimulates economic development within the … Read More
Engendering ASEAN Identity: The Role of Film
24 November 2015
The role of film, which is used here in generic terms to include audiovisual images as well as animation, in engendering the much-sought … Read More
Reforming The Intellectual Property System to Promote Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN
25 November 2015
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) adopted the 'ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Action Plan 2011-2015' in 2011. In said action plan, ASEAN … Read More
Shared Cultures and Shared Geography: Can There Ever Be a Sense of Common ASEAN Identity and Awareness?
26 November 2015
Abstract This paper looks at the state of identity politics in Southeast Asia today, and focuses on how the postcolonial nation-states of the ASEAN region … Read More
Neutralising the Advantages of State-Owned Enterprises for a Fair Playing Field
26 November 2015
Despite Vietnamese competition authorities' attempts to control state monopolies in domestic markets during the last 10 year of establishment, this appears to be … Read More
Development of Competition Laws in Korea
26 November 2015
Abstract Economic development policies that were export-focused and biased toward unbalanced growth were initially implemented through government-led initiatives in Korea since the 1960s. These resulted … Read More
Scenario Analysis of Energy Security in the East Asia Summit Region
28 November 2015
This energy security study uses three scenarios as key factors affecting regional energy security: supply uncertainty in the Middle East and Russia, low … Read More
Rebalancing Economies in Financially Integrating East Asia
30 November 2015
Since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98 large current account surpluses have accumulated in the countries of Asia and the Pacific with corresponding deficits … Read More
ERIA official newsletter "ERIA FRAMES" (October 2016 Issue) released
02 November 2016
ERIA FRAMES is a newsletter issued by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). The newsletter presents a picture of the Institute's … Read More
Financial Reforms in Myanmar and Japan's Engagement
07 November 2016
Since 2011, under the Thein Sein government, Myanmar has started to build financial institutions almost from scratch. Japan has played a leading role in this … Read More
Sea Lane Security of Oil and Liquefied Natural Gas in the East Asia Summit Region
15 November 2016
With robust demand - yet modest supply growth - of energy in the region, the East Asia Summit (EAS) area is expected to … Read More
Harmonization of Standards and Mutual Recognition Agreements on Conformity Assessment in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam
17 November 2016
This report examines the basis of developments surrounding ASEAN's efforts in the area of standards and conformance, focusing on the following six sectors: (i) automotives, … Read More
East Asia Update - October 2016
28 November 2016
Monthly Highlights Donald Trump elected as the President of the United States The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States … Read More
Age Related Pension Expenditure and Fiscal Space: Modelling techniques and case studies from East Asia
30 November 2016
This book explores the linkages between age-related pension expenditures and the fiscal space needed to fund them, as well as to organize the mix of … Read More
ERIA FRAMES : ASEAN@50 Edition | November 2017
01 November 2017
The High Level Forum on ASEAN@50 that was held on 19 October 2017 in Pasay City, Manila marked an important milestone for the Economic Research … Read More
East Asia Updates | October 2017
01 November 2017
Asset prices rise in East Asia and elsewhere Asset prices have reached record highs for a wide range of assets in developed nations, with the … Read More
Servicification in Global Value Chains: The Case of Asian Countries
01 November 2017
The paper studies the degree of servicification (or the role of services as inputs in manufacturing) of selected 61 Asian countries in terms of global … Read More
