when he and his Singaporean counterpart, Goh Chok Tong, signed the Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA … global trade liberalisation. This paper aims to examine how and why Japan and Singapore decided to pursue FTAs, what …-bowl effect with varying rules of origin that may divert and distort trade, but the new age aspects of the Japan-Singapore …

Asia is fast becoming the largest recipient of Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI). Within the Asian region, the … Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been the major investment destination of Japan. In the manufacturing sectors …, however, the investment flows from Japan to ASEAN—with Thailand being the largest recipient—has been declining. In …

Asia is fast becoming the largest recipient of Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI). Within the Asian region, the … Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been the major investment destination of Japan. In the manufacturing sectors …, however, the investment flows from Japan to ASEAN—with Thailand being the largest recipient—has been declining. In …

This paper explores the relationship between unemployment (U) and job vacancies (V) in the Singapore labour market … of Beveridge Curve for the Singapore economy reveals that it has become more inelastic since the Asian crisis, thereby …

policy-makers to reduce the equilibrium rate of unemployment? I believe that reaching out for a weaker Singapore dollar in …

in Singapore. The quality change of workers from aging and education is measured through a quality index. Quality change …

The paper measures the impact of information technology on the output growth of Singapore economy. A vibrant … information sector will play an important catalytic role in developing Singapore into a knowledge-based economy. The analysis …

of its political economy. Singapore has been remarkably successful in achieving fast growth, low and stable price … the reason why managed floating has been successful in Singapore has been because the credibility of monetary policy has … mobile firms from leaving Singapore. By the early 1990s the imperative became to diversify the structure of the economy away …

quarters of 2008) and averaging a growth rate of nearly 10 percent from 2004 to 2007, Singapore was the first East Asian … country to fall into a recession from the current global economic crisis in July 2008. It was projected that the Singapore … economy will grow by -1.0 to 2 percent in 2009. This paper examines the current state of the Singapore economy and highlights …