This paper uses a new methodology to provide some first evidence on the overall level of trade costs in APEC and ASEAN …. ASEAN member countries have also experienced some declines in trade costs, but generally to a lesser extent than in APEC. In … costs has been much more limited. Moving forward, APEC and ASEAN should refocus their trade facilitation efforts on non …

This study investigates the relationship between export, inflation, investment and economic growth for three ASEAN … also shows that investment have a positive impact on growth for Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. …

time and space. However, the application of the MIF-model is based on the analysis of investment flows behavior in China …This paper proposes a new model to analyze the mobility of investment flows at the intra-states level, domestic level …, intra-regional level and global level. This new model is entitled “the multi-level investment flow monitoring model (MIF …

Evers, Hans-Dieter. 2014. "Understanding the South China Sea: An Explorative Cultural Analysis." International Journal … of Asia Pacific Studies 10(1):80-95. The South China Sea has attracted considerable attention among politicians … found in different cultures. The South China Sea is defined as "Mediterranean." By comparing it to other maritime spaces …

friendly goods and technologies. The Comparative advantage analyses indicate that Hong Kong, China, and Japan have comparative … China, Hong Kong and Japan, and Asia Pacific region are major exporter of CFG during 2002-2008. Competitiveness of India …, China and South Korea has improved in 2008. Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, and India prefer to trade in CFG regionally and have shown …

External Preferential Tariffs under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA-CEPT) and the ASEAN-China Early Harvest Program (EHP …

individual citizens, human rights violations; the faltering private investment, is lack of uniformity in the application of the …

investment is complimentary but insignificant. This weak relationship explains the fact that domestic investment performance is …