Asia and Global Production Networks

Implications for Trade, Incomes and Economic Vulnerability

Edited by Benno Ferrarini, Principal Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank and David Hummels, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Purdue University and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, US

这本书及时部署新的工具and measures to understand how global production networks change the nature of global economic interdependence, and how that in turn changes our understanding of which policies are appropriate in this new environment. Bringing to bear an array of the latest methods and data to study global value chains, this unique book assesses the evolution of global value chains at the firm level, and how this affects competitiveness in Asia.

‘The strengths of the edited volume arc aplenty, particularly on the methodological front where the contributors explore different approaches and models to better measure and investigate the implications of GVCs. The focus on Asia also provides a unique perspective into a region that is witness to the rapid growth or GVCs, where the accelerated participation and expansion or GVCs will surely alter the trajectory of the Asian and global economy.’
– Journal of Southeast Asian Economies