Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
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
The Impact of the US Subprime Mortgage Crisis on the World and East Asia:Through Analyses of Cross-border Capital Movements
01 April 2009
Abstract The world economy is currently suffering a global financial and economic crisis that has become severe since the second half of 2008. This … Read More
International Production Networks and Export/Import Responsiveness to Exchange Rates: The case of Japanese Manufacturing Firms
08 March 2009
Abstract This paper examines how international production/distribution networks provide individual firms with exporting/importing responsiveness to exchange rate movements. With the micro-data of Japanese manufacturing … Read More
Gains from Fragmentation at the Firm Level:Evidence from Japanese Multinationals in East Asia
07 March 2009
Abstract The unprecedented development of production networks in East Asia has been investigated, both theoretically and empirically, employing the conceptual framework of fragmentation theory and … Read More
Vertical and Horizontal FDI Technology Spillovers: Evidence from Thai Manufacturing
07 March 2009
This paper examines Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) spillover, using an unbalanced panel data set of the manufacturing survey of Thailand during the period … Read More
Plant Entry in a More Liberalised Industrialisation Process: An Experience of Indonesian Manufacturing during the 1990s
06 March 2009
Some major policy changes towards a more open trade and investment regime occurred in Indonesia during the 1980s and 1990s. The impact of … Read More
Firm-level Analysis of Globalization: A Survey (2009)
04 March 2009
Abstract This paper extensively reviews empirical studies that analyze the various impacts of the globalization phenomenon on corporate activities by using micro data. First, … Read More
Learning-by-exporting in Korean Manufacturing: A Plant-level Analysis
03 March 2009
Abstract The paper analyzes whether firms that start exporting become more productive utilizing recently developed sample matching procedures to control the problems from self-selection … Read More
Stability of Production Networks in East Asia:Duration and Survival of Trade
02 March 2009
Abstract This paper sheds light on the stability of international production networks in East Asia from the perspective of the duration and survival of … Read More
The Spatial Structure of Production/Distribution Networks and Its Implication for Technology Transfers and Spillovers
01 March 2009
This paper argues that a variety of firm specificity supported by sophisticated inter-firm relationships is essential for understanding the mechanics and spatial structure … Read More
International Production Networks: Comparison between China and ASEAN
01 January 2009
Abstract Although East Asia experiences splendid economic growth with the development of international production networks, remaining development gaps across countries and regions are still … Read More
