East Asia

About: East Asia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 17591 publications have been published within this topic receiving 274073 citations. The topic is also known as: Eastern Asia.

Is a monetary union feasible for East Asia

Abstract: The empirical suitability of the East Asian economies for potential monetary integration is assessed. The structural vector autoregression (VAR) method is employed to identify the underlying shocks using a three-variable VAR model across the East Asian economies. The estimates of the EEC are used as a benchmark to compare the size of the underlying shocks and the speed of adjustment to shocks in both regions to determine the feasibility of forming an optimum currency area (OCA) in East Asia. The empirical results do not display strong support for forming an OCA in the East Asian region. The results do imply, however, that some small subregions are potential candidates for OCAs, since their disturbances are correlated and small and these economies adjust rapidly to shocks.

Partners for the China Circle? The Asian Production Networks of Japanese Electronics Firms

Abstract: PARTNERS FOR THE CHINA CIRCLE? THE ASIAN PRODUCTION NETWORKS OF JAPANESE ELECTRONICS FIRMS by Dieter Ernst BRIE Working Paper 91 January 1997 Dieter Ernst is a Visiting Professor of International Management, Department of Development & Planning and Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark and Senior Research Fellow, The Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), University of California at Berkeley, USA. This working paper will appear in: Barry Naughton (editor), The China Circle , The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1997 Table of Contents Introduction I. From domestic market-oriented to export platform production 1. Domestic market-oriented production 2. A belated shift to export platform production 3. Shortcomings of centralized control II. Recent changes: increasing specialization and local embeddedness 1. The catalytic effect of the Yen appreciation: the regionalization of procurement 2. Penetrating Asias growth markets - a shift to a broader product mix. 3. Mobilizing and harnessing the regions capabilities 4. A shift towards decentralized governance structures III. Implications for the China Circle 1. The role of China 2.New opportunities and challenges for Taiwan Bibliography Introduction The China fever that has raged through the Japanese industry over the last few years, has drastically changed the locational patterns of Japanese investment within East Asia. The share of China in the investment of Japanese electronics

Climate oscillation during the Quaternary associated with landscape heterogeneity promoted allopatric lineage divergence of a temperate tree Kalopanax septemlobus (Araliaceae) in East Asia.

Abstract: We investigated the biogeographic history of Kalopanax septemlobus, one of the most widespread temperate tree species in East Asia, using a combined phylogeographic and palaeodistribution modelling approach. Range-wide genetic differentiation at nuclear microsatellites (G'(ST) = 0.709; 2205 samples genotyped at five loci) and chloroplast DNA (G(ST) = 0.697; 576 samples sequenced for 2055 bp at three fragments) was high. A major phylogeographic break in Central China corresponded with those of other temperate species and the spatial delineation of the two temperate forest subkingdoms of East Asia, consistent with the forests having been isolated within both East and West China for multiple glacial-interglacial cycles. Evidence for multiple glacial refugia was found in most of its current range in China, South Japan and the southernmost part of the Korean Peninsula. In contrast, lineage admixture and absence of private alleles and haplotypes in Hokkaido and the northern Korean Peninsula support a postglacial origin of northernmost populations. Although palaeodistribution modelling predicted suitable climate across a land-bridge extending from South Japan to East China during the Last Glacial Maximum, the genetic differentiation of regional populations indicated a limited role of the exposed sea floor as a dispersal corridor at that time. Overall, this study provides evidence that differential impacts of Quaternary climate oscillation associated with landscape heterogeneity have shaped the genetic structure of a wide-ranging temperate tree in East Asia.

Globalization and Industrial Relations in East Asia: A Three‐Country Comparison

Abstract: Globalization enhances competitiveness, both at the level of the firm and at the level of the nation. As observed in China, Malaysia, and Korea, this leads management and the state to adopt strategies designed to increase labor effectiveness to the benefit of capital. However, the effect of globalization on industrial relations procedures and substantive outcomes is contingent. Pressure for greater flexibility in the use of labor is ubiquitous, but the outcome is constrained by cultural norms valuing hierarchy and security. State strategies vary by historical circumstance, resource endowments, and internal political dynamics, including the influence of trade unions. While Malaysian industrial relations is heavily constrained by the discipline of high exposure to international capital, in China and Korea, major struggles are shaping the future of workplace and national labor market governance. Thus the extent and impact of globalization vary between countries, resulting in similar preoccupations by policymakers yet leading to variable responses and industrial relations outcomes.