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ASEAN is well on its way to become a global services hub, especially after the ASEAN Economic Community comes into effect in 2015. ERIA contributes to helping ASEAN Member States improve their services industry through research on health services, barriers to trade within different services, financial services, trade facilitation, regulatory restrictions in logistic services, and strategic transport plan.

Publications
Discussion Papers:
Services, Innovation and Technology
Digitalisation, Exports, and Firm Performance: A Case of Indian Manufacturing
19 March 2025
This study contributes to the literature on digitalisation in developing countries by examining its role in export intensity [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services
Determinant Factors of Tourist Expenditure in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
18 November 2024
This paper examines the key factors influencing the international tourist expenditure in the Lao People’s Democratic [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Urban Development
City Amenities and Internal Migration: Evidence from Chinese Cities
3 July 2024
This paper provides new empirical evidence of city amenities’ role in China’s internal migration using [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
The Air Cargo and Logistics Value Chain: The Case of Australia
3 July 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic period offered the opportunity to consider the adjustment of elements of the transport system to [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Urban Development
Urban Amenities and Regional Performance: Case Study of Indonesia
18 June 2024
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the importance of urban amenities to economic development using Indonesia [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Urban Development
Measuring the Quality of Urban Amenities: A Tale of Bekasi and Tangerang, Indonesia
18 June 2024
The aim of this study is to measure the quality of urban amenities in Bekasi and Tangerang regions, [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Urban Development
Urban Amenities, Firm Performance, and the Probability of Exporting in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
18 June 2024
This paper examines the effects of urban amenities on the probability of firms exporting and firm productive performance [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services
Servicification and Productivity of Manufacturing Enterprises in Cambodia
31 May 2024
This paper examines the effects of servicification on productivity from the perspectives of service inputs (demand-side) and service [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Finance and Macroeconomy
Structural Transformation and Economic Resilience: The Case of Malaysia
7 May 2024
Exports have been a critical source for the resilience of the Malaysian economy during the COVID-19 pandemic and [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services
The Impact of E-commerce Competition on New Product Entry in the Manufacturing Sector: Evidence from the Republic of Korea’s Manufacturing Establishments
7 May 2024
E-commerce has revolutionised the way firms and businesses operate and compete in the world economy. This paper examines [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
Does Digitalisation Promote the Servicification of Manufacturing in China?
7 May 2024
This paper uses detailed firm-level and transactional-level trade data to examine the causal relationship between digitalisation and servicification [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Regulation and Governance
Pandemic Shock and Services in Japan: Exploring the Reasons for Changes in Regional Tourism Demand
7 May 2024
Tourism was one of the sectors most damaged by COVID-19. The number of inbound tourists plummeted, and domestic [...]
Research Project Reports:
Services, Trade
Financial Services Trade Liberalisation in Indonesia: Policy Patterns and Economic Linkages
15 January 2024
Indonesia's ongoing financial sector reforms align with regional commitments, particularly the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS), designed [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Industry and Manufacturing
Industry Agglomeration, Urban Amenities, and Regional Development in India
13 September 2023
Industrial agglomeration is an important component to create efficiency and externalities for industrial growth and competitiveness for the [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services
What Japanese Tourism Amenities are Influenced in Terms of Affecting Inbound Tourist Demand?
14 August 2023
Since 2012, the number of inbound tourists to Japan has increased every year, and new records of tourism-related economic [...]
Policy Briefs:
Services, Regulation and Governance
Malaysia’s Blue Economy: Position, Initiatives, and Challenges
3 July 2023
Malaysia leverages the economic activities in and around its oceans, seas, and coastal areas, as its maritime space [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
Japan and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
24 October 2022
This paper aims to clarify the role of Japan in the process leading up to the establishment of [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Regulation and Governance
The Role of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in Promoting the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
24 October 2022
This paper aims to understand how the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), an international [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
RCEP Services Liberalisation: Key Features and Implications
21 October 2022
The Trade in Services Chapter of the RCEP Agreement establishes the rules for the progressive liberalisation of trade [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Regulation and Governance
International Production Network in the Next Generation and the Role of RCEP
21 October 2022
This paper attempts to discuss the potential role of RCEP from the perspective of two kinds of international [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Regulation and Governance
Potential Impact of RCEP and Structural Transformation on Cambodia
21 October 2022
This paper examines the potential impact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on the Cambodian economy in [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
The Implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for Asian Regional Architecture
21 October 2022
East Asia’s Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into force in 2022 as the world’s [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
Restrictiveness of RCEP Rules of Origin: Implications for Global Value Chains in East Asia
21 October 2022
This chapter aims to examine the restrictiveness of rules of origin (RoO) in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ([...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
Global Value Chain Indicators: A Survey and Application to RCEP
21 October 2022
This study follows and extends a survey by Amador and Cabral (2014) on global value chain (GVC) indicators and [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Regulation and Governance
RCEP and Modern Services
21 October 2022
In this chapter, we start with an overview of trade flows in modern services within the Regional Comprehensive [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Finance and Macroeconomy
Impact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): A Global Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Simulation
21 October 2022
This study estimates the potential economic effects of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by using a recursively [...]
Books:
Services, Connectivity
The Comprehensive Asia Development Plan (CADP) 3.0: Towards an Integrated, Innovative, Inclusive, and Sustainable Economy
16 September 2022
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused trade disruptions; a drop in foreign direct investment; and scarring effects [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
Traditional Services Trade in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
14 September 2022
Traditional services trade (TST), including tourism and transport services, is the basic and key component of services trade [...]
Policy Briefs:
Services, Education, Training, and Human Capital
Mapping Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: An Overview
31 May 2022
Innovation-driven entrepreneurship enables people and companies to pursue global opportunities based on innovative processes, products, or services. Studies [...]
Books:
Services, Connectivity
Handbook on East Asian Economic Integration
15 December 2021
This comprehensive Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the nature of East Asian economic integration alongside thoughtful insights [...]
Policy Briefs:
Services, Education, Training, and Human Capital
Social Enterprises and Disability: Promoting Inclusion, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in ASEAN
8 December 2021
This policy brief highlights the role of social enterprises in promoting social impact and inclusion for people with [...]
Summary of ERIA Research Projects:
Services, ASEAN
Summary of ERIA Research Projects 2020-2021
1 July 2021
The Summary of ERIA Research Projects 2020-2021 provides an overview of both new and ongoing projects that [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Global Governance and Multilateralism
COVID-19 and Services Trade in ASEAN+6: Implications and Estimates from Structural Gravity
19 April 2021
Given the importance of services for economic activity in general and the salience of reducing service link costs [...]
Policy Briefs:
Services, Infrastructure
Improving Digital Connectivity: Policy Priority for ASEAN Digital Transformation
17 July 2020
This brief proposes a policy framework for digital connectivity to support the development of e-commerce. Using this analytical [...]
Books:
Services, Innovation and Technology
E-Commerce Connectivity in ASEAN
14 April 2020
The next Asian miracle of growth could be born with the region's digital transformation. Digital connectivity is [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Connectivity
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 [...]
Policy Briefs:
Services, Trade
New Frontiers for Services in Globalisation
5 December 2019
The building of global value chains in manufacturing is much discussed, but less attention is given to [...]
Books:
Services, Investment
East Asian Integration: Goods, Services and Investment
3 June 2019
The growth of world trade has been stagnant in recent times; trade liberalisation now has been challenged. The [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
The Eurasian Land Bridge: The Role of Service Providers in Linking the Regional Value Chains in East Asia and the European Union
15 May 2018
Rail links between China and Europe are typically analysed in the context of China’s Belt and [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Investment
FDI, Services Liberalisation, and Logistics Development in Cambodia
23 March 2017
This paper reviews Cambodia's economic development based on flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) and services sector [...]
Policy Briefs:
Services, Trade
TPP, IPR Protection, and Their Implications for Emerging Asian Economies
26 April 2016
Intellectual property rights (IPR) protection is essential for economic growth, innovation, and competitiveness. As the global economy is [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services
Regulatory Coherence: The Case of the Republic of Korea
31 March 2016
The Government of the Republic of Korea has made great efforts to improve its regulatory management system and [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Disasters
Tourism Supply Chains and Natural Disasters: The Vulnerability Challenge and Business Continuity Models for ASEAN Countries
24 February 2016
The global development of tourism has been tremendous over the last decades. The increasing importance of tourism in [...]
Books:
Services, Industry and Manufacturing
The Development Potential of the Content Industry in East Asia and the ASEAN Region (Phase 2)
26 January 2016
Main ArgumentPolicymakers and experts from China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand who comprised the ERIA [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Investment
ASEAN: Regional Integration and Reforms
29 September 2015
Over recent decades, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has advanced a policy of regional integration, starting [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Indonesia
Services Productivity and Trade Openness: Case of ASEAN
21 August 2015
Using fixed effect and Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) estimations, this paper analyses the impacts of trade on [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Competitiveness
AEC Scorecard Phase IV: Furthering the Implementation of the AEC Blueprint Measures The Singapore Country Report
22 June 2015
Singapore is an open economy that is critically dependent on leveraging external resources to achieve its economic growth. [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Investment
Thailand Country Study ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint Mid-term Review Project
22 June 2015
The main objectives of this study are to determine progress in the implementation of the key Association of [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Finance and Macroeconomy
Monitoring the Implementation of Services Trade Reform towards an ASEAN Economic Community
21 May 2015
This paper assesses the extent to which the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Framework Agreement on Services ([...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Investment
FDI Restrictiveness Index for ASEAN: Implementation of AEC Blueprint Measures
18 May 2015
This paper is an extension of the FDI restrictiveness index created for the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
AEC Blueprint Implementation Performance and Challenges: Service Liberalization
8 May 2015
This paper examines the progress of liberalization of the ASEAN Framework Agreement in Services (AFAS). It measures the [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Labour and Migration
Assessing the Progress of ASEAN MRAs on Professional Services
20 March 2015
ASEAN has established mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs) on eight professional services. This paper assesses the progress of these [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
Coverage of Trade in Services under ASEAN+1 FTAs
17 December 2014
This paper examines how ASEAN-centered free trade agreements (FTAs) or so-called ASEAN+1 FTAs are correlated among themselves and [...]
Policy Briefs:
Services, Regulation and Governance
Financial Integration Challenges in ASEAN Beyond 2015
25 August 2014
Financial integration has many potential economic benefits. However, it also carries potential risks. In ASEAN, since its financial [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, SMEs
Japanese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Export Decisions: The Role of Overseas Market Information
2 July 2014
This paper examines how the Japanese firms' export decision is affected by the availability of information on export [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Competitiveness
Evolution of Machinery Production Networks: Linkage of North America with East Asia
23 November 2013
This paper investigates the developing pattern of machinery trade and the extent and depth of production networks in [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Regulation and Governance
Toward a Single Aviation Market in ASEAN: Regulatory Reform and Industry Challenges
9 October 2013
The ASEAN Single Aviation Market or Open Skies project aims to liberalize the air transport industry in ASEAN [...]
Discussion Papers:
Services, Trade
Assessing the Progress of Services Liberalization in the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA)
28 May 2013
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the success of progressive services liberalization under the ASEAN China [...]
Services
Success Cases of Japanese SMEs in IP Commercialization in the Creative Industry Applicable to ASEAN
26 December 2012
A common trend in the ASEAN region is that there are a small number of large corporations that [...]
Policy Briefs:
Services, Industry and Manufacturing
The Proposed Cilamaya New International Port is a Key for Indonesian Economic Development: Geographical Simulation Analysis
18 December 2012
Many foreign investors are now interested in Indonesia, especially in the automotive sector, because ofits growing attraction as [...]

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