• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2020

Purpose: The present study examines the effects of tourism on carbon dioxide emissions for selected South Asian economies over the time from 1995 to 2016. Research design, data and methodology: The present study is an annual time series analysis of tourism and CO2 emissions. The data is taken from World Development Indicators, an official data bank of World Bank. The study sample covers four South Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The empirical analysis is conducted by employing Pedroni panel cointegration, Fully Modified OLS, and Dynamic OLS approaches of estimation. Results: Tourism significantly increases environmental degradation in selected South Asian economies. The empirical estimated results indicate, that 1 % increase in tourism related activities leads to 0.16 % increase in CO2 emissions. In addition energy consumption and GDP are also causing an upsurge in CO2 emissions in the selected panel of South Asian economies. As the empirical results indicate that 1% increase in GDP stimulates carbon dioxide emissions by 0.23%. Conclusion: In order to protect the environment, the study emphasizes that sustainable tourism practices need to be promoted in the selected South Asian countries. Policy implication and provided and discussed.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2006

Since its defeat in the Second World War, Japan has been fostering good ties with Western countries, especially the United States. However, some East Asian leaders emboldened by their countries' economic success have proclaimed that the future belongs to Asia and have put forward the "Asian values" argument. It is interesting to note that some elements of the "Asian values" argument resemble ultranationalist discourse that was dominant in Japan before the war. The Japanese Government had a great opportunity to reappraise its role in international politics and take stock of its economic and diplomatic relations with East Asian countries after the end of the Cold War. To meet future challenges, Japan should fully overcome anti-Western sentiment and participate in establishing a truly democratic East Asian regionalism based on the "universal values" of human rights, democracy and freedom. This may prove to be one of the biggest challenges for Japan's East Asia policy in the new century.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.4115-4121
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• 2015

Background: Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death with half a million deaths per year. Incidence and mortality rates have demonstrated notable changes in Asian and African countries during the last few decades. In this study, we first aimed to determine the trend of colorectal cancer mortality rate in each Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) region, and then re-classify them to find more homogenous classes. Materials and Methods: Our study population consisted of 52 countries of Asia and North Africa in six IHME pre-defined regions for both genders and age-standardized groups from 1990 to 2010.We first applied simple growth models for pre-defined IHME regions to estimate the intercepts and slopes of mortality rate trends. Then, we clustered the 52 described countries using the latent growth mixture modeling approach for classifying them based on their colorectal mortality rates over time. Results: Statistical analysis revealed that males and people in high income Asia pacific and East Asia countries were at greater risk of death from colon and rectum cancer. In addition, South Asia region had the lowest rates of mortality due to this cancer. Simple growth modeling showed that majority of IHME regions had decreasing trend in mortality rate of colorectal cancer. However, re-classification these countries based on their mortality trend using the latent growth mixture model resulted in more homogeneous classes according to colorectal mortality trend. Conclusions: In general, our statistical analyses showed that most Asian and North African countries had upward trend in their colorectal cancer mortality. We therefore urge the health policy makers in these countries to evaluate the causes of growing mortality and study the interventional programs of successful countries in managing the consequences of this cancer.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.391-423
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• 2016

By examining the relationship between private credit growth and the possibility of credit risk while focusing on international capital in 21 countries over the period 2000:1Q-2015:2Q, this paper shows that the impact of private credit growth on credit risk is apparent under the high ratio of capital inflows, and its impact on credit risk in the seven Asian countries is even stronger. And the possibility of credit risk caused by private credit is mainly coming from portfolio inflows rather than direct inflows. Finally, portfolio inflows strengthen the positive relationship between credit excess and credit risk in Asian countries, and this trend is seen more in these after the global financial crisis. Taken together, the stronger positive relationship between credit excess and credit risk can be strengthen under the massive portfolio inflows in particular in the seven Asian countries such as Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2020

The paper aims to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on private investment with a sample having 49 developing countries in Asia (17 countries) and Africa (32 countries) during the period of 1990-2017. Unlike previous studies, we split the data into three groups for further analysis, including the Asian, African and the full-panel samples. The results confirm a crowding-in effect which shows that foreign direct investment promotes private investment on all three research samples. Besides, the lagged private investment has a positive and significant effect on itself in the next period which reflects the inertia in the trend of private investment in recipient countries. In the full-panel sample, there are some macro factors such as GDP per capita, trade openness, and electricity that also have a positive and statistically significant impact on private investment. Besides, when more deeply estimate with smaller samples, we find that trade openness and labour force have a positive and significant in Africa, on the other hand, not in Asia. However, the domestic credit variable has a negative and significant effect on private investment only in Asian developing countries. Furthermore, there is only a positive and significant impact of the electricity variable on private investment in Asia.

• 기술사
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2004

The unanimous of adoption of the intergovernmental agreement on the Asian Highway network by 32 member countries was a significant event and the Asian Highway project has entered into a new phase with a giant momentum. In an era of globalization, the availability of transport linkages and services is a prerequistite for countries to fully participate in the globalizing economy. The Asian Highway is one of initiatives of ESCAP to promote international transport in the region. With a total coverage of over 140,000kilometers, the asian highway network will be playing a vital role in bringing peoples together through both trade and travel.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.517-525
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• 2021

The study investigates the behavior of Asian banks in response to the subprime mortgage crisis and examines how countries that have experimented with a mix of conventional and Islamic banking managed their balance sheet during that period. The study carries out an independent mean t-test comparing the difference of leverage of 464 conventional commercial Asian banks pre- and post-crisis from the largest twenty-five Asian economies based on GDP (2007). The analysis uses 10-year unbalanced panel data of conventional banks and employs the generalized least squares estimation using a dummy variable event window method to capture the response of Asian banks. The study finds evidence of a structural change in the capital structure of Asian commercial banks in response to the financial crisis. Findings suggest that conventional banks increased their capital position more in countries that have both Islamic and conventional banking than those countries without Islamic banking services. By having Islamic banking in their product portfolio, countries can exert market discipline on conventional banks. The study identifies a significant role of global macroeconomic shocks on banks liability structure decision-making. Evidence shows that this increase in capital positioning by banks was a permanent rather than a temporary response.

• STI Policy Review
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.54-86
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• 2015

The study examines the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, with a focus on the recent Reauthorization, and compares, in the political context, the U.S. and East Asian countries-Japan, Korea and Taiwan-that adopted the U.S. SBIR program. For the systematic analysis and cross-country comparison, the study employs Kingdon (2003)'s framework-his political theory and Garbage Can Model-to identify political participants and processes underlying the SBIR Reauthorization and to analyze the differences in problem, policy, and politics streams between the U.S. and East Asian countries. For the cross-country comparison, specifically, the study uses various data sources such as OECD, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions, and World Value Survey. Based on the analysis outcomes, implications of U.S. practices on East Asian countries are extracted as follows. East Asian countries tend to: Have higher entrepreneurial aspiration while lower entrepreneurial activity and attitude than the U.S.; bear higher long term orientation and uncertainty avoidance while lower individualism than the U.S.; and have greater expectations of technology development and higher confidence in political parties while participating less in political action than the U.S. Drawing on the differences, the following policy recommendations are suggested. East Asian countries should: Improve entrepreneurs' access to resources (in particular, financial resource) in order to link their high entrepreneurial aspiration to actual entrepreneurial activities; cultivate failure-tolerating culture and risk-taking entrepreneurs, for instance, by providing a second chance to SBIR-participating businesses that failed to materialize their innovative ideas; and leverage their high expectations of new technology in order to take bold actions regarding their SBIR programs, and update the programs by drawing out constructive dialogues between SBIR stakeholders.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.477-498
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• 2010

본 연구는 다른 국가에 비해 무역개방도가 높은 동아시아 국가의 특징을 고려한 조건부 수렴현상을 패널분석 하였다. 이는 동아시아 국가는 무역개방도가 높은 특징이 나타나고 있기 때문에 경제성장의 수렴현상을 분석하기 위해서는 무역개방도를 추가적으로 통제할 필요가 있기 때문이다. 분석결과 인적자본, 투자율을 통제하였을 때 보다 무역개방도를 추가로 통제하였을 때 수렴현상이 더욱 뚜렷하게 나타났고 수렴속도도 더욱 빨라진 것으로 분석되었다. 추가적으로 동아시아 국가들을 동남아 국가와 동북아 국가로 구분하여 분석하였다. 동북아 국가에서는 절대적 수렴과 조건부수렴 현상이 모두 나타났지만, 동남아 국가에서는 무역개방도를 추가로 통제시킨 조건부 수렴현상만이 나타났다.분석결과를 종합하면 동아시아 국가의 높은 무역개방도를 통제시킨 조건부 수렴에서 수렴현상이 더욱 강하게 나타났다. 본 연구의 분석결과를 바탕으로 시사점을 도출하면 첫째로, 대외무역의존도가 높은 동아시아 국가들의 무역개방도가 경제성장의 수렴에 있어서 상당한 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 동아시아 국가의 지역경제통합 성립을 위해서는 동북아시아 국가와 동남아시아 국가의 경제성장 격차를 줄여 나갈 필요성이 있다.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2015

국제사회에서 국제테러리즘의 위협이 증가하고 있는 추세인데, 이러한 현상은 동북아시아 지역도 예외일 수는 없다. 1차적으로 동북아시아 국가들은 국제사회에서 정치 군사 외교 등의 다양한 분야에서 영향력을 행사하고 있기 때문에 국제테러리즘이 발생할 가능성이 있고, 2차적으로 동북아시아 주요 국가들인 한국 중국 러시아 일본 등은 그들만의 고유한 정치 종교 민족 문화 등을 가지고 있기 때문에 자생적 테러리즘이 발생했거나 발생할 가능성도 있다. 이에 이 연구에서는 국제사회의 대(對)테러리즘 관련 지역별 7개 국제협약 내용에 관한 경향을 분석하였는데, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 테러리즘의 범행동기와 목적 둘째, 대(對)테러리즘 관련 협약의 내용 셋째, 테러리즘의 공격유형을 심리적 측면과 물리적 측면으로 구분 넷째, 테러리즘의 피해대상을 대인적 측면과 대물적 측면으로 구분 다섯째, 테러리즘 피해자를 특정인(hard targets)과 불특정다수(soft targets)로 구분하는 것 등을 주로 다루었다. 이에 근거하여 동북아시아 국가들도 대(對)테러리즘 관련 지역별 국제협약 체결을 신중히 검토할 필요성이 있다고 본다.