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The American Committee on Asian Economic Studies (ACAES) endeavors to promote the study of Asian economies and to foster 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 Activities category 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. We welcome notice of events of broad interest to economists studing Asia.

The Asia Economics Blog has replaced the Journal of Asian Economics as the ACAES flagship. ACAES lost the journal to a takeover by Elsevier following the June 2020 issue after 30 years of publication. 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", is here.

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

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

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

The Cruel Arithmetic of Income Convergence in East Asia

David Jay Green Current Issues 26 October 2022

The promise of development economics is that living standards can be raised significantly and sustainably. More than any other region, East Asia offered the hope that with the right policies, a country could reduce the incidence of severe poverty and

Taiwan's Weathering of 2022 Shocks to Global Capital

Calla Wiemer Current Issues Taiwan 14 October 2022

US interest rate hikes in 2022 have drawn global capital away from the rest of the world to put downward pressure on currency values vis a vis the dollar. To defend their exchange rates, many Asian central banks have sold off reserves. A future post

A Highly Unequal Crisis: Covid-19's Disproportionate Effects on Southeast Asia's Workers

Sameer Khatiwada Current Issues Southeast Asia 08 January 2022

Co-authors: Souleima El Achkar Hilal; Ian Nicole Generalao; and Rosa Mia Arao This post draws from a paper presented in the ACAES session at the 2022 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, program here. Youtube recording here. The Cov

Economics of the Pandemic, 2021

Calla Wiemer Current Issues 02 December 2021

Updated 2 May to incorporate full year data for 2021. A previous post analyzing the economics of the pandemic for 2020 documented widely divergent experiences in Asia with respect to case numbers, mobility loss, and export impact, and showed all thre

Review of Isabella M. Weber, How China Escaped Shock Therapy

Bill Bikales Reviews China 09 August 2021

Routledge, May 2021. Isabella M. Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy” is a painstakingly researched but fundamentally flawed account of one key thread of the economic reform debates that took place in China during the 1980&rsqu

ASSA 2022 Panel on Covid & Recovery in Asia

Administrator Activities 01 June 2021

UPDATE: Our session presentations are posted on the ACAES Youtube channel as follows: Covid-19 and Labor Market Adjustments in Southeast Asia Presenter: Sameer Khatiwada, Asian Development Bank Discussant: Shaianne Osterreich, Ithaca College Mitigate

2023.01.30
ASSA 2024
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
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". Paper proposals are invited on all aspects of the issue. For discussion, see our newsletter of Feb 2023. The deadline is 30 April. Preference will be given to more developed work. Send proposals to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Expressions of interest in discussant roles are also welcome.

2022.06.26
ASSA 2023 SESSION
The topic of our session at the 2023 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, slated for New Orleans, is "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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