This study provides an in-depth analysis of shifting export specialisation at the SITC 3digit product category level and links this analysis to Malaysian export potential. The paper uses the revealed comparative advantage framework to analyse the extent of export competition between Malaysia and other ASEAN economies. It argues that the degree of competition among ASEAN countries will intensify...

Abstract The theoretical and applied issues of the relationship between institutions and economic growth have thoroughly been examined in ASEAN countries. This study revisits the issue and tests the role of institutions in the economic growth using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) and uses a new method to examine the impact of the various institutions on the economic growth. We used dynam...

T he purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of foreign direct investment and portfolio investment on the convergence occurrence of economic growth of countries in the ASEAN + 3 region and to determine the time or speed required to achieve convergence. The type of data used in this research is secondary data panel which is combination between time series data and cross-section...

During the past five decades developing countries in Asia have provided the most persuasive and credible story as to how poor countries can progress and bring about prosperity for their downtrodden people. Beginning with Japan, followed by NICs particularly Korea, ASEAN countries and now China, these countries have not only doubled or quadrupled per capita incomes in a record time but also sign...

This paper examines the existence of long-run relationships between East Asian economic integration and tourism exports for nine selected ASEAN States for the period 1996-2007. I employ tourist arrivals data as a proxy for tourism exports and trade ratios as a proxy for the economic integration. Using Johansen’s Fisher panel cointegration test, the findings show that tourist arrivals and trade ...

This paper reinvestigates the bilateral and unilateral effects of five ASEAN free trade agreements (FTAs) by applying a theory-consistent structural gravity model that remains untouched in existing literature. The findings suggest ASEAN-China ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTAs led to decrease international among member countries between non-member relation their internal trade. ASEAN-Korea, ASEAN...

Among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), there are wide economic gaps between more developed countries including Singapore and Thailand and less developed ones including Vietnam. The gaps represents one of the largest obstacles to realizing the ASEAN’s goal of market integration and the situation is at risk of getting even worse next year, as it is increasingly l...

BACKGROUND Understanding behavioural risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is of great importance for CVD prevention and control. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence, risk awareness and health beliefs of behavioural risk factors of cardiovascular disease among university students in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states. METHODS In a cross-sect...