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Managing Economic Shocks and Macroeconomic Coordination in an Integrated Region: ASEAN Beyond 2015

MAJUCA, Ruperto - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2013

We examine the transmission of economic shocks both from the rest of the world into the ASEAN region, as well as the transmission of such shocks from the rest of the row and ASEAN into a typical AMS. The approach we take is three-pronged. First, we will look into the trade and financial linkages...

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The Challange of China and the Role Deepening ASEAN Integration for the Philippine Semiconductor Industry

CABEGIN, Emily Christi A. - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2015

From a rising share in the global semiconductor market in the 1990s, which peaked at 7.7 percent in 1999, the standing of the Philippines has since weakened with shares declining to four percent in 2005 and 2.5 percent in 2012. Heavy reliance of the Philippine semiconductor industry on foreign...

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ASEAN Regional Cooperation on Competition Policy

Lee, Cassey; Fukunaga, Yoshifumi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2013

ASEAN member states (AMSs) intend to establish the ASEAN Community by 2015. A key component of this goal is the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The AEC Blueprint was initiated to facilitate and monitor the implementation of the AEC during the period 2008-2015. Competition policy...

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Towards a Truly Seamless Single Windows and Trade Facilitation Regime in ASEAN Beyond 2015

KOH, Jonathan; MOWERMAN, Andrea Feldman - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2013

The current status of trade facilitation measures including the ASEAN Single Window initiative is reviewed and assessed. Similar initiatives for trade facilitation in other parts of the world are also appraised, and recommendations for further enhancements for ASEAN trade facilitation are proposed.

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Competition Policy Challenges of Single Market and Production Base

LEE, Cassey; FUKUNAGA, Yoshifumi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2013

Competition policy is an important beyond-the-border element of the single market and production base envisioned in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The targets for competition policy in the AEC Blueprint have been largely met. Looking beyond 2015, ASEAN needs to consider broadening the...

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Growth Policy and Inequality in Developing Asia: Lesson from Korea

LEE, Hyun-Hoon; LEE, Minsoo; PARK, Donghyun - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2012

While developing Asia has traditionally prioritized growth over equality, recent years have witnessed a growing popular … demand for more inclusive growth in the region. In this connection, Korea, which has managed to combine rapid economic growth … paper is to analyze the relationship between growth policy and inequality in Korea in order to identify relevant policy …

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Development and Restructuring of Regional Production/Distribution Networks in East Asia

ANDO, Mitsuyo - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2013

This paper attempts to investigate the features of development and restructuring patterns of production/distribution networks in East Asia, mainly in machinery sectors, using international trade data at the most disaggregated level, to discuss their resilient nature, and to provide policy...

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Korea's Policy Package for Enhancing its FTA Utilization and Implications for Korea's Policy

CHEONG, Inkyo - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2014

Korea’s trade with most of its 46 free trade agreement (FTA) partner countries has been expanded continuously. Its FTA utilization ratios were as low as 20% before 2010, and some suspicions regarding the benefits of FTA were raised, despite the government’s active promotion. But Korea...

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Multiproduct Firms, Export Product Scope, and Trade Liberalization: The Role of Managerial Efficiency

Qiu, Larry; YU, Miaojie - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2014

This paper provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the effects of one-sided tariff cuts on firms’ export product scope. The theoretical model explicitly incorporates cost of management in addition to the commonly used production cost. The analysis predicts that the home country’s...

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Taking ASEAN+1 FTAs towards the RCEP: A Mapping Study

Fukunaga, Yoshifumi; Isono, Ikumo - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2013

In November 2012, the leaders of the ASEAN+6 countries agreed to launch a new FTA negotiation called the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership" (RCEP). In this paper, we conduct stocktaking studies of ASEAN's own FTA and five existing FTAs with 6 dialogue partner countries, to identify...

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