Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of the trade integration of Thailand with the Mekong region in comparison with its trade integration with the other major partners (advanced ASEAN, China, India, Japan, and the USA). Design/methodology/approach – The study adopts...

This article aims to investigate the dynamic economic impacts of global value chains (hereafter GVCs) participation by examining value-added-trade patterns focusing on Asian developing countries. Our main findings were as follows. First, an economy’s participation in GVCs in manufacturing...

This paper aims to examine the trade integration of Yunnan and Guangxi of China with the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) by using the gravity trade model during the 2000s. The strategic purpose is to investigate whether the two Southern border areas of China as a gateway have tended to be...

This article examines the post-crisis exchange rate management in the selected East Asian countries, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand. The main findings are as follows: First, the trends of the coefficient of variation in the monthly nominal exchange rates and foreign exchange...

Using the analytical framework of the environmental Kuznets curve, this study examines whether developing countries in the world enjoy the latecomer's advantage or suffer the latecomer's disadvantage in the area of environmental management and technology, with a focus on representative...