Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
How ICTs Raise Manufacturing Performance: Firm-level Evidence in Southeast Asia
01 August 2010
This paper examines the effects of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on business performance, using firm-level data obtained through a questionnaire survey in … Read More
Detecting Effective Knowledge Sources in Product Innovation: Evidence from Local Firms and MNCs/JVs in Southeast Asia
02 August 2010
Abstract This paper examines the effects of internal and external sources of knowledge on the introduction of new products based on new technologies or … Read More
Why Does Population Aging Matter So Much for Asia? Population Aging, Economic Security and Economic Growth in Asia
01 August 2011
Abstract Asia as a whole is experiencing a rapid demographic transition toward older population structures. Within this broader region-wide trend, there is considerable heterogeneity, with … Read More
Links with East Asia for a recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake: Geographical Simulation Analysis
01 August 2011
Abstract Japan is now struggling for a recovery from the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Although trunk logistic infrastructure has quickly been … Read More
Real and Financial Integration in Asia
23 August 2012
This book investigates the impact of both real and financial integration to growth and to welfare, and to enquire whether increases in either or both … Read More
Economic Development, Energy Market Integration and Energy Demand: Implications for East Asia
24 August 2012
Abstract This paper uses the general method of moment (GMM) regression technique to estimate an cross-country energy demand function with a data set covering 71 … Read More
Index-Based Risk Financing and Development of Natural Disaster Insurance in Developing Asian Countries
01 August 2013
This paper explores innovations in index-based risk transfer products (IBRTPs) as a means to address important insurance market imperfections that have precluded the … Read More
Impact of Recent Crises and Disasters on Regional Production/Distribution Networks and Trade in Japan
01 August 2013
This paper sheds light on domestic/international production networks in machinery industries and examines how the economic crisis and natural/technological disaster that Japan encountered … Read More
Impact of Disasters and Role of Social Protection in Natural Disaster Risk Management in Cambodia
01 August 2013
The pattern of risks faced by the poor and vulnerable in rural areas of Cambodia, as a consequence of natural disaster, is posing … Read More
Impact of Natural Disasters on Agriculture, Food Security, and Natural Resources and Environment in the Philippines
01 August 2013
This study quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the impacts of natural disasters (particularly typhoons, floods and droughts) on agriculture, food security and the natural resources and … Read More
Economic and Welfare Impacts of Disasters in East Asia and Policy Responses: The Case of Vietnam
01 August 2013
Although Vietnam has seen remarkable economic achievements over the last twenty-five years, the country is still one of the poorest countries in the … Read More
Impact of Disasters and Disaster Risk Management in Singapore: A Case Study of Singapore's Experience in Fighting the SARS Epidemic
01 August 2013
Singapore is vulnerable to both natural and man-made disasters alongside its remarkable economic growth. One of the most significant disasters is the Severe … Read More
Impact of Natural Disasters on Production Networks and Urbanization in New Zealand
01 August 2013
New Zealand's history of natural disasters and its vulnerability to various types of disaster are outlined briefly. A summary description of the country's … Read More
Energy Market Integration in East Asia: Renewable Energy and its Deployment into the Power System
01 August 2013
List of Project Members PROF. DR. FUKUNARI KIMURA (Project Supervisor): Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia; Professor, … Read More
The Economic Transition in Myanmar: Towards Inclusive, People Centered and Sustainable Economic Growth
13 August 2013
Myanmar has embarked on an ambitious program of sweeping reforms to end its isolation and integrate its economy with the global system. In … Read More
ASEAN Beyond 2015: The Imperatives for Further Institutional Changes
18 August 2014
As the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are now committed to a deeper integration process towards an ASEAN Commnity … Read More
Stimulating Innovation in ASEAN Institutional Support, R&D Activity and Intellectual Property Rights
20 August 2014
The Policy Brief suggests initiatives that poorer ASEAN member governments should take to stimulate technological upgrading of firms at the bottom with a … Read More
Delivering Results in Standards and Conformance in ASEAN: the Critical Roles of Institutional Strenghthening and the Private Sector
20 August 2014
Addressing technical barriers to trade is a key priority of ASEAN as part of trade facilitation in achieving an integrated economy under the … Read More
Financial Integration Challenges in ASEAN Beyond 2015
25 August 2014
Abstract Financial integration has many potential economic benefits. However, it also carries potential risks. In ASEAN, since its financial sector is generally bank-dominated, the … Read More
ERIA Annual Report 2013
29 August 2014
Annual Report The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) has just released its 2013 Annual Report which presents its various … Read More
ERIA official newsletter "ERIA FRAMES" (May - June 2015 Issue) released
03 August 2015
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
Investing in Higher Education, and Its Potential Impact on Research and Development for Technology Upgrading, Innovation, and Competitiveness
04 August 2015
Abstract The aim of this paper is to review the state of higher education development in ASEAN and formulate how research and development should proceed … Read More
Competition Law and Policy in Singapore
06 August 2015
Abstract This paper provides a bird's eye view of developments in field of competition law and policy in Singapore over the past 10 years, highlighting … Read More
The Objectives of Competition Law
06 August 2015
Abstract This essay examines the nature of competition law objectives by visiting some of the theoretical and philosophical foundations underlying competition law. The key objectives … Read More
