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The Middle Income Trap from the Viewpoint of Trade Data: A Case of Malaysia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25380349
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionInstitute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization

Principal Investigator

Kumagai Satoru  独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 新領域研究センター, 経済地理研究グループ長 (20450504)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords中所得国の罠 / 経済発展 / 貿易構造 / 純輸出比率 / 産業高度化 / 資源の罠 / 雁行形態論 / 資源の呪い / 中進国の罠 / マレーシア
Outline of Final Research Achievements

By combining macro-economic and trade data analysis with industry and firm-level observations, this research project tries to critically analyze the threat that the middle-income trap poses to East Asian countries at present and in the near future, and to identify the mechanism behind the trap if it really exists.
I conduct an empirical analysis on the relationship between income level and net export ratios (NXRs) for different types of goods for trapped and non-trapped samples separately. The findings indicate that non-trapped countries successfully upgrade their export goods while trapped-countries continue to depend on the export of primary commodities. The negative correlation between the NXRs of consumption and capital goods and that of primary commodities suggests the existence of a ‘resource curse.’

Report

(5 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Middle-Income Trap from the Viewpoint of Trade Structures: Are the Geese Trapped or Still Flying?2015

    • Author(s)
      Satoru Kumagai
    • Journal Title

      Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy

      Volume: 6 Issue: 03 Pages: 1-23

    • DOI

      10.1142/s1793993315500179

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Japanese OFDI and the Industrialisation in ASEAN countries2016

    • Author(s)
      Satoru Kumagai
    • Organizer
      Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      National Taiwan University
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Middle-income Trap ,Trade Structure and Economic Integration2014

    • Author(s)
      Satoru Kumagai
    • Organizer
      National Economic Outlook Conference 2015-2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-02 – 2014-12-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] The Middle-income Trap from the Viewpoint of Trade

    • URL

      http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Download/Dp/482.html

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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