Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Birth Order, Sibling Sex Composition, and Quantity–Quality Trade-offs – Evidence from India
22 March 2021
We use two waves of data from the India Human Development Survey to investigate the effect of family size on (i) parental expenditures on children’s … Read More
Improving Digital Connectivity For E-commerce: A Policy Framework and Empirical Note for ASEAN
10 March 2020
Global cross-border e-commerce has become increasingly important in the international economy. The next Asian miracle of growth could be born out of the region's digital … Read More
Tariff Policies and Wages in Manufacturing Industries: New Evidence from Viet Nam
06 March 2020
This paper reviews the tariff policies and their impact on the wages of workers in manufacturing during the substantial trade liberalisation period in Viet Nam … Read More
Do Regional Trade Agreements Really Help Global Value Chains Develop? Evidence from Thailand
04 March 2020
This paper examines the firm-level nexus between exporting and importing by using firm-level data from Thai customs. We differentiate firms’ imports according to the tariff … Read More
Future Visions and Policy Recommendations for ASEAN Member States (AMSs) based on Estimation of Industrial Property Applications
03 March 2020
The research project ‘Future Visions and Policy Recommendations for ASEAN Member States (AMS) based on Estimation of Industrial Property Applications’, was conducted by the Yoshitoshi … Read More
Exporter Dynamics and Productivity Dispersion within Industry
29 March 2019
This paper uses firm-level panel data for Japan to examine between-firm productivity dispersion, and explore whether export market entry improves productivity and accelerates productivity catch-up … Read More
Product Innovation, Exporting, and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Evidence from China
27 March 2019
This paper explores the inter-connection between domestic firms’ product innovation, exporting, and the presence of foreign direct investment (FDI). We first set up a theoretical … Read More
The Exchange Rate and Exporting: Evidence from the Indonesian Manufacturing Sector
27 March 2019
This paper examines the impact of the exchange rate on export performance using plant- and product-level data for the Indonesian manufacturing sector over the period … Read More
Failure of an Export Promotion Policy? Evidence from Bonded Zones in Indonesia
26 March 2019
This study investigates the impact of the bonded-zone policy on firms’ performance, employment, and extensive and intensive margins of exports, using Indonesia’s medium–large manufacturing establishment … Read More
Entering the Export Market: Do Trade Missions Help?
22 March 2019
In this paper, we investigate the impact of trade missions on export performance. Using the census of participant data of the State of Victoria trade … Read More
Cambodia Basic Energy Plan
20 March 2019
The Cambodia Basic Energy Plan is the first ever publication of energy policy targets with numerical values, as much as possible, for each energy field … Read More
Export Dynamics and the Invoicing Currency
20 March 2019
In this paper, using finely disaggregated firm-level export data for Thailand, we examine how firms’ export experience is related to the dynamic choice of the … Read More
