ASEAN Economic Bulletin articles from August 2002

ASEAN Economic Bulletin archives from August 2002

In memoriam: Heinz Wolfgang Arndt, 1915-2002.(Australian economist)(Obituary)
August 1, 2002... With the passing of Heinz Arndt, Australia and Southeast Asia have lost a prodigiously productive and influential academic economist, a pioneer of Australia's engagement with Southeast Asia, an inspiring teacher and researcher, and one of...

New regionalism in East Asia: how does it relate to the East Asian economic development model?
August 1, 2002... I. Introduction In recent years a new regionalism has begun to emerge in East Asia that represents a clear break from the region's strong history of multilateralism. The countries of East Asia have been giving more attention to ways of...

International R&D spillovers and trade expansion: evidence from East Asian economies.
August 1, 2002... I. Introduction The rapid growth experience of the Asian newly industrialized economies (NIEs) and the member countries of ASEAN presents an important case study which suggests conditions required for a developing country to "catch up"....

Services and economic growth in ASEAN economies.(Association of South East Asian Nations)
August 1, 2002... I. Introduction The ASEAN economies have shown remarkable economic performance, measured in terms of growth of gross domestic product (GDP) (see Table 1). Increasing sectoral specialization and competitive advantage in many ASEAN economies...

The viability of fiscal policy in South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.
August 1, 2002... The Asian financial crisis of 1997 led to output declines in South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. In response, the three countries have turned to fiscal policy to stimulate output. This study investigates the empirical evidence on the viabiltiy...

Is there a real TFP growth measure for Malaysia's manufacturing industries?(total factor productivity)
August 1, 2002... I. Introduction Total factor productivity (TFP) growth is an important measure of potential output growth given the nature of the diminishing returns to input use in the long run. Thus, Malaysia in her drive to enjoy sustainable growth to...

Temporal causality between the Malaysian stock price and stock-indexed futures market amid the selective capital controls regime.
August 1, 2002... I. Introduction A voluminous number of causal studies on the stock market between spot and futures prices have been investigated. A cursory survey indicates that the major trend of empirical results for the causality relationship between...

Globalization's challenge to regional economic integration. (Documentation).(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... Address by H. E. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the Symposium on AFTA and beyond Manila, 30 May 2002 We thank you, Madame President, for graciously consenting to share with us...

ASEAN and Germany--natural partners. (Documentation).(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... Address by H. E. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, before the Deutsches Forum Jakarta Jakarta, 30 April 2002 I wish to thank you for inviting me to speak at this forum. I take this...

The ASEAN Free Trade Area: reaching its target. (Documentation).(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... Opening Remarks of H. E. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the AFTA 2002 Symposium Jakarta, 31 January 2002 I have the great honour of welcoming all of you to this conference on...

The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics.(Book Review)
August 1, 2002... By William Easterly. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001. Pp. xiii + 342. This is an important, controversial, unusual, and accessible book. It has already received a lot of public attention, and it is destined to be an influential and...

Rethinking the East Asian Miracle.(Book Review)
August 1, 2002... Edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Shahid Yusuf. New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 2001. Pp. x + 526. The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 has been a wake-up call for East Asia, forcing policy-makers in the region to re-examine their...

Rethinking Development in East Asia: From Illusory Miracle to Economic Crisis.(Book Review)
August 1, 2002... Edited by Pietro P. Masina. Surrey: Curzon Press, 2002. Pp. 326. This edited volume, consisting of fifteen chapters, is the product of a conference at Roskilde University in October 1998. While the conference was timely, with much of East...

Productivity and Economic Performance in the Asia-Pacific Region.(Book Review)
August 1, 2002... Edited by Tsu-Tan Fu, Cliff J. Huang, and C. A. Knox Lovell. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2002. Pp. 447. After the onset of the work of Young (1992) and the World Bank (1993) on the East Asian miracle economies, there has been a proliferation...

Financial Big Bang in Asia.
August 1, 2002... Edited by Masayoshi Tsurumi. Singapore: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2001. Pp. xvii + 322. Despite the title's reference to Asia, this book overwhelmingly focuses on East Asian economies. It covers the Asian crisis and financial reforms in...

International Production Networks in Asia: Rivalry or Riches?(Book Review)
August 1, 2002... Edited by Michael Borrus, Dieter Ernst, and Stephan Haggard. London: Routledge, 2000. Pp. 267. First, the title of this book is a little misleading. While it appears to concern itself with cross-border international production networks...

Intangibles in Competition and Cooperation: Euro-Asian Perspectives.
August 1, 2002... Edited by Parthasarathi Banerjee and Frank-Jurgen Richter. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001. Pp. xvii + 373. How should one conceptualize intangible assets (for example, knowledge)? How important are they in designing technological management...

Malaysian Eclipse: Economic Crisis and Recovery.
August 1, 2002... Edited by K. S. Jomo. London and New York: Zed Books Ltd, 2001. Pp. x1ii + 321. The title of the book has its origin in the idea that the East Asian crisis of 1997-98 temporarily "darkened" the otherwise bright prospects of the East Asian...