East Asia Updates | March 2017
26 April 2017
US' Trade Policy: Impacts on East Asia and Possible Retaliation After three months in power, President Trump has proved that he is intent on keeping … Read More
Accounting Standards for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in ASEAN
11 April 2017
The goal of every business, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is success. To succeed, SMEs must have good financial management; able to secure and … Read More
Integrative Strategy and Policies for Promoting Appropriate Renewable Energy Technologies in Lower Mekong Basin Region With Special Focus on Viet Nam
10 April 2017
Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam - located in the Lower Mekong Basin Region (LMBR) and have great potential and opportunity for cooperation … Read More
Competition Policy vs. Industrial Policy as a Growth Strategy
03 April 2017
This paper examines the rationale behind industrial policy and competition policy as growth strategies, and shows that competition policy, rather than industrial policy, generated the … Read More
ERIA FRAMES | March 2017
03 April 2017
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
Non-Tariff Measures in ASEAN
30 April 2016
While tariffs have been reduced, the number of non-tariff measures (NTMs) continues to increase, and is often blamed as one source of the … Read More
Measuring Tax Administration Effectiveness and its Impact on Tax Revenue
26 April 2016
This paper proposes a method for constructing a tax administration measure of effectiveness or TAME, and describes its desirable properties. TAME was empirically constructed using … Read More
TPP, IPR Protection, and Their Implications for Emerging Asian Economies
26 April 2016
Intellectual property rights (IPR) protection is essential for economic growth, innovation, and competitiveness. As the global economy is increasingly organised within global value … Read More
Financing Renewable Energy Development in East Asia Summit CountriesA Primer of Effective Policy Instruments
07 April 2016
This research aims to identify and update the most effective policies in the Asian context, especially for member states of the Association of … Read More
ERIA official newsletter "ERIA FRAMES" (March 2016 Issue) released
05 April 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
Firm-level Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Import Prices
28 April 2015
Abstract We examine the firm-level impact of the use of free trade agreement (FTA) schemes on import prices by employing firm-level import data that enables … Read More
Tariff Pass-through of the World-wide Trade: Empirical Evidence at Tariff-line Level
28 April 2015
Abstract This paper provides the first empirical evidence about the tariff pass-through in world-wide trade. Specifically, we estimate the effects of tariff reduction on import … Read More