ERIA was established in 2008 with the objective of contributing intellectually to economic development of the East Asia region with a special focus on the ASEAN. ERIA’s current research is centered around three broad themes, deepening integration, narrowing development gaps, and sustainable development. The book series promotes policy discussions and deepens understanding of the economic issues in East Asia, the world fastest growing region.
Some titles in this series have been made Open Access.
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By Shujiro Urata, Ha Thi Thanh Doan
May 31, 2023
Given the rising criticisms of and growing doubts about globalisation, this timely edited volume looks at globalisation and its economic impact on eight countries in Asia and the Pacific region, namely Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, the United States (US), and Vietnam. The ...
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By Lurong Chen, Fukunari Kimura
May 31, 2023
The trade-investment-service-intellectual property (IP) nexus remains at the heart of economic development and the main features of which are global value chains (GVCs) and digitalisation. The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) has become a critical issue not only for advanced ...
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By Tony Cavoli, Rashesh Shrestha
September 30, 2022
The World Bank considers financial inclusion to be an enabler for at least 7 of the 17 United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). Financial inclusion, with its associated policy implications, is an important issue for ASEAN. This book examines the economic effects of financial ...
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By Chin Hee Hahn, Dionisius Narjoko, Ha Thi Thanh Doan, Shujiro Urata
June 30, 2022
This book examines driving factors and the effects of globalisation on economic development through firm and product-level data. The book is organised into four themes, i.e., productivity, innovation, wage and income gap, and within-firm reallocation of resources. The comprehensiveness and richness...
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By Lili Yan Ing, Gene M. Grossman
June 13, 2022
Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are powerful forces that will likely have large impacts on the size, direction, and composition of international trade flows. This book discusses how industrial robots, automation, and AI affect international growth, trade, productivity, employment, wages, ...
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By Lili Yan Ing, M. Chatib Basri
April 05, 2022
This book assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on the Indonesian economy, particularly on employment, education, poverty, trade, and macroeconomy. The chapters explain how fiscal and monetary stimulus work and the roles of local governments in managing stimulus. It also presents paths ...
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By Lurong Chen, Shujiro Urata, Junji Nakagawa, Masahito Ambashi
December 18, 2020
Mega free trade agreements (FTAs) are being formed to fill the gap created by new developments in global governance and are reshaping the world economic order. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is one of such 21st century FTAs. This book highlights three trade-related issues covered by...
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By Mukul G. Asher, Fauziah Zen, Astrid Dita
December 18, 2020
The book examines the conceptual, economic, and fiscal impact(s) of the Social Protection Floor (SPF) initiative of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) and other policy influencers by first critically examining the methodologies used by the international agencies to estimate the fiscal costs...
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By Lili Yan Ing, Miaojie Yu
December 18, 2020
The book provides theoretical and empirical evidence on how world trade evolves, how trade affects resource allocation, how trade competition affects productivity, how China shock affects world trade and how trade affects large and small countries. It is a useful reference which focuses on new ...
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By Lili Yan Ing, Martin Richardson, Shujiro Urata
June 04, 2019
The growth of world trade has been stagnant in recent times; trade liberalisation now has been challenged. The recent rise of anti-globalisation calls for a better integration in East Asia. How should East Asia manage its openness? This book provides profound analyses on rules of origins, ...
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By Lurong Chen, Fukunari Kimura
May 02, 2019
This book advances the international debate on the development of e-commerce with focus on emerging ASEAN economies. It provides readers insights on Asia’s needs and efforts to improve the regional legal and economic conditions to support e-commerce. This book looks at the rules and ...
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By Lili Yan Ing, Gordon H. Hanson, Sri Mulyani Indrawati
September 01, 2017
Against the backdrop of growing anti-globalisation sentiments and increasing fragmentation of the production process across countries, this book addresses how the Indonesian economy should respond and how Indonesia should shape its trade and industrial policies in this new world trade environment. ...