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The American Committee on Asian Economic Studies (ACAES) promotes the study of Asian economies and fosters scholarly exchange between Asian economists and their counterparts around the world.

Asia Economics Blog

ACAES launched the Asia Economics Blog on 18 June 2020. The aim is to draw contributions broadly from the diverse community of economists who work on Asia and with that to foster worldwide collegial interaction. Blog categories include: Current Issues; Research; Reviews; Activities; and Publishing Environment.

The Asia Economics Blog replaced the Journal of Asian Economics as the ACAES flagship. ACAES founded the Journal of Asian Economics in 1990 and ran it for 30 years, before losing it to a takeover by Elsevier. A series of posts on this expropriation, with broader reflections on the consequences of Elsevier's market dominance, appear under the blog category Publishing Environment. The inaugural blog post,"Elsevier vs Academics", may be accessed here.

The Activities category of the blog serves as a forum for announcing online events. Posts are included on the blog page until the event has passed. Posts on past events, many of which may still be viewed online, are accessible through the Activities box at the right of the blog page. As the pandemic has receded, posts in this category have become sparser.

Featured Posts

Nudging Asian Economists toward Open Access

Nudging Asian Economists toward Open Access

Calla Wiemer Publishing Environment 21 September 2023

The mechanisms by which research findings are disseminated and gain influence are changing. Yet the metrics by which we assess scholarly contribution are lodged in the past, particularly among universities and research institutions in Asia. Looking a

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Does Population Ageing Pose an Imminent Threat to China's Growth?

Does Population Ageing Pose an Imminent Threat to China's Growth?

Robert McNown Research China 24 July 2023

Co-authors: Wong Koi Nyen; Goh Soo Khoon A large and young labor force has been instrumental in China's economic growth for several decades. The age structure of the population is shifting, however, with the population in the working age range of 15

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Geopolitical Fragmentation, Regional Cooperation, and Prospects for ASEAN Trade and Value Chains

Geopolitical Fragmentation, Regional Cooperation, and Prospects for ASEAN Trade and Value Chains

Michael Plummer Research Southeast Asia 03 July 2023

Introduction ASEAN countries are characterized by considerable diversity but share an outward-oriented development strategy. While intra-regional economic cooperation over the past two decades has been important, global, not regional, interaction has

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Macro Policy Update, 2022

Macro Policy Update, 2022

Calla Wiemer Current Issues 13 June 2023

Against the blow of the pandemic, governments worldwide undertook expansionary monetary and fiscal policies. But by 2022, pressure was on to retrench as inflation reared up and government debt-to-GDP ratios mounted. This post continues a series that

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Asia's Value Chain Momentum by Economy: Regionalization and Intermediate Services

Asia's Value Chain Momentum by Economy: Regionalization and Intermediate Services

Calla Wiemer Current Issues 06 April 2023

Has the world passed peak globalization? The prospect doesn't bode well for Emerging East Asia to pursue trade oriented growth. But a three part series on "The Peak Globalization Myth" by Richard Baldwin on VoxEU suggests that broad generalizations a

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Cross-Border Value Chains in Developing Asia Survive Trade Tensions and the Pandemic

Cross-Border Value Chains in Developing Asia Survive Trade Tensions and the Pandemic

Jules Hugot Research 12 January 2023

Co-author: Reizle Platitas This post draws from a paper presented in the ACAES session on "Asian Economies in Global Supply Chains" at the 2023 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, program here. Asia’s exports doubled from 16

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Supply Chain Credit Risk under the Pandemic: Evidence from US Networks with China

Supply Chain Credit Risk under the Pandemic: Evidence from US Networks with China

Senay Agca Research China 18 December 2022

Co-authors: John R. Birge; Zi'ang Wang; Jing Wu This post draws from a paper to be presented in the ACAES session on Asian Economies in Global Supply Chains at the 2023 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, program here. The v

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Connecting Eurasian Supply Chains: The Impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on the EU-China Rail Landbridge

Connecting Eurasian Supply Chains: The Impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on the EU-China Rail Landbridge

Richard Pomfret Research Central Asia 01 December 2022

This post draws from a paper to be presented in the ACAES session on Asian Economies in Global Supply Chains at the 2023 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, program here. International supply chains are dependent on ease of crossing bor

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Announcements

2023.06.14
ASSA 2024 SESSION
For the Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting of 2024, to be held in San Antonio, Texas, January 5-7, our session will be on "Demographics in Asian Economies". The program is posted here.

2023.01.10
ASSA 2023 SESSION
The topic of our session at the 2023 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans, Louisiana was "Asian Economies in the Global Supply Chain". The program is posted here. For highlights of papers presented, see the Asia Economics Blog.

2022.01.15
ASSA 2022 PRESENTATIONS ON YOUTUBE
Our session on Covid & Recovery in Asia at the Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting included presentations on labor markets; e-government; agglomeration economies; and macro policy. Links for viewing are posted here.

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