Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Trade Creation Effects of Regional Trade Agreements: Tariff Reduction versus Non-tariff Barrier Removal
28 April 2015
Abstract This paper empirically decomposes trade creation effects of regional trade agreements (RTAs) into those due to the tariff reduction effects and due to non-tariff … Read More
The Challenge of China and the Role of Deepening ASEAN Integration for the Philippine Semiconductor Industry
16 April 2015
From a rising share in the global semiconductor market in the 1990s, which peaked at 7.7 percent in 1999, the standing of the … Read More
AEC Blueprint Implementation Performance and Challenges: Investment Liberalization
16 April 2015
Investment liberalization is central for ASEAN to attract greater FDI inflows and intra-region direct investment flows. This paper focuses on measuring and examining … Read More
Low Carbon Green Growth in Asia: What is the Scope for Regional Cooperation?
09 April 2015
Abstract This paper develops a framework to assess the scope of collaboration among countries that are pursuing low-carbon green growth. Much of the policy studies … Read More
Market-Based Mechanisms to Promote Renewable Energy in Asia
09 April 2015
Abstract Market-based instruments such as Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) are increasingly favoured as an alternative to command-and-control legislation to increase the uptake of renewable energy. … Read More
Strengthening Social Protection in East Asia
01 April 2015
This book focuses on relatively unexplored areas in pension and health care arrangements, including financing, in East Asia. The book aims to fill the literature … Read More
Firm-level Evidence on Productivity Differentials and Turnover in Vietnamese Manufacturing
21 April 2014
This paper examines the relationship between productivity differentials and firm turnover in Vietnamese manufacturing. We utilize firm-level data between 2000 and 2009, including … Read More
Multiproduct Firms, Export Product Scope, and Trade Liberalization: The Role of Managerial Efficiency
14 April 2014
This paper provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the effects of one-sided tariff cuts on firms' export product scope. The theoretical model … Read More
Analysis on Price Elasticity of Energy Demand in East Asia: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications for ASEAN and East Asia
07 April 2014
This study uses time series data of selected ASEAN and East Asia countries to investigate the patterns of price and income elasticity of … Read More
ASEAN Regional Cooperation on Competition Policy
08 April 2013
Abstract ASEAN member states (AMSs) intend to establish the ASEAN Community by 2015. A key component of this goal is the formation of the … Read More
Monitoring Trade Costs in Southeast Asia
03 April 2009
Abstract This paper develops an Index of Trade Costs for ASEAN Member Countries, 1990-2007 based on the gap between cif and fob values of … Read More
Barriers to Trade in Health and Financial Services in ASEAN
02 April 2009
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to give background information on current barriers to trade in four services sectors in the ASEAN region. … Read More
