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Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Edited by:
Ron Duncan

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature (APEL) is an essential resource for anyone interested in economic development in the Asian-Pacific region.

With original articles on topical policy issues, literature surveys, and abstracts of articles from over 300 journals, APEL makes it easy for you to keep ahead of the proliferating research on this dynamic and increasingly important region.

Read by politicians, journalists, businessmen, policy-makers, industrialists and academics, APEL avoids technical jargon, and is the only journal devoted to one-stop, in-depth reporting of research on the development of Asian-Pacific economies.

TopNews and Announcements

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SSCI acceptance for Asian Pacific Economic Literature
Blackwell Publishing is pleased to announce the acceptance of Asian Pacific Economic Literature into the Social Sciences Citation Index and congratulates the Editors and Editorial Board for their efforts in achieving this status.

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Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1 (1987)
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TopHighlights

Top 5 Asian-Pacific Economic Literature articles accessed online:

• A Review of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in APEC
  Chunlai Chen, Christopher Findlay
  
  
• Scholarly Journal Articles about the Asian Tiger Economies: authors, journals and research fields, 1986-2001
  Joe C. Davis, Jorge G. Gonzalez
  
  
• China's Integration into the World Economy: implications for developing countries
  Yongzheng Yang
  
  
• A Selective Review of Recent Developments in the Economic Growth Literature
  Tao Kong
  
  
• Asia in the World Economy 1500-2030 AD
  Angus Maddison
  

Regular Features include:

• Policy Issues
• Literature Surveys
• Book Reviews
• Abstracts of journal articles and books published on Asian-Pacific economic issues

TopEndorsements

We at ISIS Malaysia do find APEL to be an excellent source of contemporary economic and social issues relating to countries in the Asia Pacific region. The policy issues and literature surveys, are definitely informative and stimulating and, together with the book reviews and abstracts of journal articles, fulfil an important need of serious researchers in the Asia Pacific region.
Ong Hong Cheong, Senior Analyst, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia.

'APEL is an excellent journal for Asia section's purposes, clarifying issues and allowing us to identify essential reading. Very useful in determining what to add to the collection on Asian economies.'
Peter Callan, Director, Asia Section, The Treasury, Canberra.

'APEL is highly valuable for anyone who is interested in the Asia-Pacific region and, especially, for economists doing research on the regional economic issues. I, for one, find the literature surveys, annotated list of books, abstracts of journal articles in the Journal very useful in keeping up with other economists' researches on the region. The information is well and kindly organized for the user.'
Yoo Jung-ho, Senior Fellow, Korea Development Institute.

'Exceedingly helpful and reader-friendly. APEL is also the journal I recommend most often to my students, especially those working on theses and academic exercises. APEL is an invaluable addition to the academic literature. It keeps me abreast of new studies.'
Pang Eng Fong, Singapore's Ambassador to Brussels.

'It is wonderful to see the continued improvements and the high quality of the journal. I would like to congratulate you and wish that the journal continues to reach an ever wider audience.'
Hadi Soesastro, Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia.

'I find the APEL journal very useful for all Asia-Pacific students of economic development.'
Mohammad Sadli, Emeritus professor of economics, University of Indonesia.