中泰水果贸易结构变动研究

以2006-2018年期间中泰水果贸易数据为基础,运用GL指数、B指数测算中泰水果产业内贸易水平和贸易结构。结果表明：中泰水果贸易总额持续扩大,整体水果以产业内贸易为主,产业内贸易规模稳定增长,各类水果以产业间贸易为主,0810、0805产业内贸易规模较大。中泰水果贸易集中度较高,中国对泰国出口水果集中在0808、0805类,泰国对中国出口水果集中在0810、0804类。     

国际制度变迁与东亚体系和平转型——一种制度主义视角分析

受新制度经济学关于制度变迁的学理启发,作者提出了国际制度变迁的理论分析范式,并以此探讨国际制度变迁如何影响东亚体系的和平转型。未来和平转型后的东亚体系将呈现一种嵌套交叠式制度联系模式,在这种模式中,东亚多边合作体系与美国双边同盟体系互相交叠、兼容共存。多边合作体系既不能化解美国双边同盟体系,美国双边同盟体系也不能主导多边合作体系。在这种情况下,中国外交的现实做法是从兼容美国双边同盟体系的这一路径出发,在东亚地区积极开展多边外交、推动建立多边合作体系。     

The determinants of income inequality in Thailand: A synthetic cohort analysis

This paper presents tests and estimates of the human capital model of income inequality using synthetic cohort data for Thailand: 1992–2011. The model focuses on four primary determinants of income inequality: mean per capita income levels, the variances in years of education, in the number of children, and in the number of earners in the household. All of these factors are important sources of income inequality in Thailand, with relative impacts that differ across demographic groups and types of household structure. An inverted-U relation between mean per capita income levels and inequality is found, reflecting gender differences of the head of household, differences in household composition, and variation in access to finance. Although the human capital model emphasizes education, estimates presented here show other household characteristics, such as number of children and number of earners, can be even more important sources of inequality.     

东亚经济格局的变动及其对两岸经贸关系的影响

20世纪90年代以来,东亚经济格局发生重大变化,由日本″单极″变成了中日″双头″。这一变化导致两岸经济从单方面的依赖到互相依赖;在贸易平衡、外汇储备等方面台湾对祖国大陆更加依赖;台商投资从短期经营到本土化经营;两岸产业分工从产业间发展到产业内、产品内;两岸从企业间一般技术合作到行业组织间标准方面的合作。     

东亚产业内贸易发展状况及原因分析

近年来,东亚地区产业内贸易发展十分迅速。本文对东亚10个主要经济体1992-2005年的产业内贸易发展状况进行了实证分析。研究结果表明,产业内贸易已经成为东亚的主要贸易形式。在各类产品中,机械和运输设备(SITC7)的产业内贸易程度最高,且提高最快。产业内贸易发展的原因在于东亚地区产业内分工的不断深化以及基于生产环节专业化分工的产品零部件贸易的迅速发展。     

Firm-level impacts of natural disasters on production networks: Evidence from a flood in Thailand

This paper explores the firm-level impact of the 2011 flooding in Thailand, specifically, the impact on procurement patterns at Japanese affiliates in Thailand. We find that, first, small firms are more likely to lower their local procurement share, especially their share of procurement from other Japanese-owned firms in Thailand. Second, young firms are more likely to increase their share of imports from Japan, whereas old firms are more likely to look to China. Third, there is no impact on imports from ASEAN and other countries. These findings are useful for uncovering how multinationals adjust their production networks before and after natural disasters.     

Religion and Educational Attainment in East Asia: First Evidence from the East Asian Social Survey

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In this research note, I analyse the effects of religion on educational attainment in four East Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) using the East Asian Social Survey. Controlling for a host of background variables, ordinary least squares (OLS) estimates of educational attainment show that Catholics and Orthodox Christians have on average more education than those with no religious affiliation, while the followers of other Eastern religions (including, among others, Taoism and syncretistic beliefs) have on average less education. The effects for Protestantism and Buddhism differ across the four different countries, probably because they both include various denominations and schools.     

The Regionalization of Knowledge Flows in East Asia: Evidence from Patent Citations Data

This paper investigates the extent to which East Asia has become a source of international knowledge diffusion and whether such diffusion is localized to the region. Using citations made by US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted patents to other USPTO patents as an indicator of knowledge flow, I investigate the patterns of knowledge diffusion in East Asia by estimating a model of international knowledge diffusion. While OECD countries remain the dominant sources of knowledge, I find evidence of increasing regionalization of knowledge flow in East Asia.     

Dynamics of Growth,Poverty and Inequality: A Panel Analysis of Regional Data from Thailand and the Philippines*

Using panel data for provinces compiled from household expenditure microdata, the present paper empirically investigates the relationships among growth, poverty and inequality in Thailand and the Philippines. The empirical model avoids the potential bias due to the fact that the entire distribution of individual‐level consumption changes over time and empirical variables for growth, poverty and inequality are often compiled from the consumption distribution. The system generalized method of moments estimation results strongly suggest that inequality reduced the growth rate of per‐capita consumption, and that differences in inequality explain a substantial portion of the Philippine–Thai difference in growth and poverty reduction since the late 1980s.     

日本在亚洲对外直接投资的地域分布研究

当前日本对外直接投资研究文献多侧重于跨过公司的经济动机,往往忽略了投资所在地的社会、经济以及地理等因素的综合影响。根据古典引力理论和地缘经济学中的经济潜力观点,社会、经济及地理等多种因素影响了对外直接投资决策。实证分析结果表明,若干社会及地缘经济变量能够较好地解释日本在亚洲的对外直接投资的地域分布。     

Technology adoption and multiple growth paths: An intertemporal general equilibrium analysis of the catch-up process in Thailand

As opposed to the Veblen—Gerschenkron catching-up hypothesis, the recent literature allows for technological divergence in backward economies. We extend a nonlinear adoption function to include openness and interact with capital accumulation in an intertemporal general equilibrium framework. The threshold gap necessary to catch up is endogenously determined by the economy's absorptive capacity. The model generates multiple transition growth paths depending on whether technological catch-up is achieved, and due to the endogeneity of the threshold gap, endogenous switching between development paths might be observed. Our simulations of the Thailand experience show how lack of investment in education and protectionism generate loss of transition growth and technological divergence. The paper highlights the role of absorptive capacity, and especially its importance for economies on the balance between low growth and high growth paths. JEL no. O41, O53