Finance and Macroeconomy

ERIA looks into issues related to macroeconomic policies including fiscal policies, monetary policies, international economic integrations, free trade agreements, trade barriers, trade facilitation, and international investment protection. Additionally, ERIA also investigate impacts of globalisation, economic shocks, financial crises, and foreign output shocks, among many others. Furthermore, ERIA also conducts various research on social security system, country risk, regional cooperation, market integrations, exports and imports, and many more.
Economic Impact of Removing Energy Subsidies in Malaysia
27 October 2016
The share of demand for fossil-fuel based energy (i.e. coal and oil) in Malaysia will remain the largest in 2035. This significant demand … Read More
Globalization and Performance of Small and Large Firms
23 May 2016
ERIA Microdata Research FY 2013 examines whether and how globalization has differential effects on small and (or versus) large firms and aims at … 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
Demographic Change and Fiscal Sustainability in Asia
03 March 2016
Abstract Changes in the population age structure can have a significant effect on fiscal sustainability since they can affect both government revenue and expenditure. For … Read More
Increasing the Resilience of Asian Supply Chains to Natural Disasters: The Role of the Financial Sector
24 February 2016
Abstract The financial sector is a part of the vital infrastructure of the economy. It can play an important role in mitigating the economic dislocation … Read More
Macroeconomic Impact of Coal-Fired Power Plants
16 February 2016
Energy is critical for almost all modern economic activities and for broader human development. Yet, access to energy in middle-income countries such as … Read More
Power Grid Interconnections in East Asia: Investment in Several Key Projects Are Well Justified
28 January 2016
Abstract The recent ERIA report on 'Effective Power Infrastructure Investment through Power Grid Interconnections in East Asia' aims to support existing initiatives--the ASEAN Power Grid … Read More
Rebalancing Economies in Financially Integrating East Asia
30 November 2015
Since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98 large current account surpluses have accumulated in the countries of Asia and the Pacific with corresponding deficits … Read More
Monitoring the Implementation of Services Trade Reform towards an ASEAN Economic Community
21 May 2015
Abstract This paper assesses the extent to which the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) is helping ASEAN member states … Read More