Masahiro Kawai

Asian Development Bank Institute

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1.

Issues for Renminbi Internationalization: An Overview

ADBI Working Paper 454
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Jan 2014
Barry Eichengreen and Masahiro Kawai
University of California, Berkeley and Asian Development Bank Institute
Downloads 2,411 (12,736)
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renminbi, yuan, international monetary policy, currency internationalization, foreign exchange, capital account liberalization, financial market

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Crisis and Contagion in East Asia: Nine Lessons

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Crisis and Contagion in East Asia: Nine Lessons

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Sergio L. Schmukler, Richard Newfarmer and Masahiro Kawai
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and Asian Development Bank Institute
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The Asian 'Noodle Bowl': Is it Serious for Business

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Working Paper Series No. 136
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Apr 2009
Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan Wignaraja
Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank
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FTAs, East Asia, Asian Noodle Bowl, Spaghetti Bowl, Rules of Origin

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Asian FTAs: Trends and Challenges

ADBI Working Paper No. 144
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Oct 2009
Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan Wignaraja
Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank
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WTO, Doha Round Agreement, Asian Free Trade Agreements, rules of origin, FTAs

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Multilateralizing Asian Regionalism

ADBI Working Paper No. 431
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Aug 2013
Richard E. Baldwin and Masahiro Kawai
University of Geneva - Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) and Asian Development Bank Institute
Downloads 505 (117,753)
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free trade agreements, Asia, Asian noodle bowl, global trade integration, ASEAN, Trans-Pacific partnership, inclusive Asian regionalism

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Regionalism as an Engline of Multilateralism: A Case for a Single East Asian FTA

ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 14
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2008
Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan Wignaraja
Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank
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Free trade agreement, ASEAN, multilateralism, CGE models

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Lessons from Japan’s Banking Crisis, 1991-2005

ADBI Working Paper No. 222
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Jul 2010
Mariko Fujii and Masahiro Kawai
University of Tokyo - Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) and Asian Development Bank Institute
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Japan banking crisis, 1990s, bank capital, financial regulation

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Implications of the Currency Crisis for Exchange Rate Arrangements in Emerging East Asia

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Masahiro Kawai and Shigeru Akiyama
Asian Development Bank Institute and World Bank
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Determinants of the Trilemma Policy Combination

ADBI Working Paper No. 456
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Feb 2014
Hiro Ito and Masahiro Kawai
Portland State University - Department of Economics and Asian Development Bank Institute
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trilemma hypothesis, macroeconomic policy, exchange rate stability, financial market openness, monetary policy independence, financial crisis, policy combination

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Japan's Official Development Assistance: Recent Issues and Future Directions

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Masahiro Kawai and Shingo Takagi
Asian Development Bank Institute and Osaka Prefecture University
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EAFTA or CEPEA: Which Way Forward?

ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 2, August 2008
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Jan 2009
Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan Wignaraja
Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank
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free trade agreements, EAFTA, CEPEA, East Asia, "WTO-plus" provisions

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Asian FTAs: Trends, Prospects, and Challenges

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 226
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Dec 2010
Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan Wignaraja
Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank
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Asian Free Trade Agreements (FTA), Noodle Bowl, WTO-Plus Provisions, East Asia-Wide Free Trade Agreements (FTA)

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Regulating Systemic Risk

ADBI Working Paper No. 189
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Apr 2010
Masahiro Kawai and Michael Pomerleano
Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank Institute
Downloads 327 (193,548)
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global financial crisis, systemic risk, macroprudential supervision, systemic stability regulation

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Proposed Strategy for a Regional Exchange Rate Arrangement in Post-Crisis East Asia

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Masahiro Kawai and Shinji Takagi
Asian Development Bank Institute and Osaka University - Graduate School of Economics
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Changing Commercial Policy in Japan During 1985-2010

ADBI Working Paper No. 253
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2011
Masahiro Kawai and Shujiro Urata
Asian Development Bank Institute and Waseda University-Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies
Downloads 184 (341,878)
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japan commercial policy, economy, trade, gatt, WTO, FTA

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Asia’s Role in the Global Economic Architecture

ADBI Working Paper No. 235
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Aug 2010
Masahiro Kawai and Peter A. Petri
Asian Development Bank Institute and Brandeis University - Brandeis International Business School
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IMF, global financial architecture, governance, multilateral development banks

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Asia’s Post-Global Financial Crisis Adjustment: A Model-Based Dynamic Scenario Analysis

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Asia’s Post-Global Financial Crisis Adjustment: A Model-Based Dynamic Scenario Analysis

ADBI Working Paper No. 254
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2010
Masahiro Kawai and Fan Zhai
Asian Development Bank Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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computable general equilibrium model, global financial crisis, east asia gfc, emerging east asia

Asia’s Post-Global Financial Crisis Adjustment: A Model-Based Dynamic Scenario Analysis

Asian Development Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Masahiro Kawai and Fan Zhai
Asian Development Bank Institute and China Investment Corporation
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East Asia, global financial crisis, global imbalance, global rebalancing, fiscal stimulus, exchange rate flexibility, overlapping generations model

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Banking Crises and 'Japanization': Origins and Implications

ADBI Working Paper 430
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Jul 2013
Masahiro Kawai and Peter Morgan
Asian Development Bank Institute and ADBI
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economic growth, total factor productivity, inflation, demographics, credit growth, banking crises

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ADB Forum on the Use of Capital Controls

Asian Development Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 82-88, 2012
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Jul 2012
Jonathan D. Ostry, Maria Socorro Gochoco‐Bautista, Changyong Rhee, Michael M. Hutchison, Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Eli M. Remolona and Masahiro Kawai
Georgetown University, University of the Philippines, School of Economics, Asian Development Bank, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics, Thailand Development Research Institute, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department and Asian Development Bank Institute
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agriculture, wages, migrants, income, urban migrants, rural–urban migration, rural households, urban–rural divide, employment quality, education quality, urbanization, industrialization, effect of migration, special economic zones, foreign direct investment, productivity growth, nonfarm employment

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Is There Really a Renminbi Bloc in Asia?

ADBI Working Paper 467
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Mar 2014
Masahiro Kawai and Victor Pontines
Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank Institute
Downloads 148 (412,379)
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RMB, renminbi bloc, Frankel-Wei regression model, anchor currency, East Asia, currency baskets

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Emerging Economies' Supply Shocks and Japan's Price Deflation: International Transmissions in a Three-Country DSGE Model

ADBI Working Paper 459
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Feb 2014
Naohisa Hirakata, Yuto Iwasaki and Masahiro Kawai
Bank of Japan - Research and Statistics Department, Bank of Japan and Asian Development Bank Institute
Downloads 147 (414,603)
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supply shocks, emerging economies, trade structure, exchange rate regimes, three-country DSGE model

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Japan’s Post-Triple-Disaster Growth Strategy

ADBI Working Paper 376
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2012
Masahiro Kawai and Peter Morgan
Asian Development Bank Institute and ADBI
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Japanese economy, Japan growth strategy, earthquake, triple disaster, global financial crisis

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Regional Financial Regulation in Asia

ADBI Working Paper 460
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2014
Masahiro Kawai and Peter Morgan
Asian Development Bank Institute and ADBI
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financial regulation, financial surveillance, regional cooperation, financial safety net, international financial markets, international monetary arrangements and institutions

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New Measures of the Trilemma Hypothesis: Implications for Asia

ADBI Working Paper 381
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Sep 2012
Hiro Ito and Masahiro Kawai
Portland State University - Department of Economics and Asian Development Bank Institute
Downloads 128 (462,704)
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trilemma hypothesis, trilemma triangle, exchange rate stability, monetary policy independence, financial market openness, Asia

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Long-Term Issues for Fiscal Sustainability in Emerging Asia

ADBI Working Paper 432
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Aug 2013
Masahiro Kawai and Peter Morgan
Asian Development Bank Institute and ADBI
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fiscal space, fiscal sustainability, emerging asia, emerging asian economies, global financial crisis, fiscal stimulus policies, government debt

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Asia in Global Governance: A Case for Decentralized Institutions

ASIAN REGIONALISM AND HE WORLD ECONOMY: ENGINE FOR DYNAMISM AND STABILITY, Masahiro Kawai, Jong Wha Lee and Peter A. Petri, eds., Edward Elgar, 2009
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2010
Masahiro Kawai, Peter A. Petri and Elif Sisli Ciamarra
Asian Development Bank Institute, Brandeis University - Brandeis International Business School and Stonehill College
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Governance, IMF, Theory of Clubs, International Public Goods, Asia

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Financing Development Cooperation in Northeast Asia

ADBI Working Paper 407
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Feb 2013
Masahiro Kawai
Asian Development Bank Institute
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infrastructure development and connectivity, subregional cooperation programs in asia, northeast asian infrastructure forum, northeast asian infrastructure fund

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Financial Crisis as a Catalyst of Legal Reforms: The Case of Asia

ADBI Working Paper 446
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2014
Masahiro Kawai and Henrik Schmiegelow
Asian Development Bank Institute and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
Downloads 64 (718,405)
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financial crises, legal reforms, judicial systems, legal institutions

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Trade Patterns and Exchange Rates in East Asia

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Mar 2016
Mizanur Rahman and Masahiro Kawai
University of Dhaka and Asian Development Bank Institute
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Production network, global value chain, revealed comparative advantage, exchange rate, global payment imbalance, East Asia

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Central Banking for Financial Stability in Asia

ADBI Working Paper 377
Posted: 02 Sep 2012
Masahiro Kawai and Peter Morgan
Asian Development Bank Institute and ADBI

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central banking, central banks, financial stability, Asia, surveillance and regulation, global financial crisis

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Reform of the International Financial Architecture: An Asian Perspective

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2010
Posted: 05 Jun 2010
Masahiro Kawai
Asian Development Bank Institute

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Asian financial crisis, global financial crisis, international financial architecture, IMF, CMI