Finance & Economics Readings Selected Papers from Asia-Pacific C

This book is a compilation of the best papers presented at the 2017 installment of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF), which is held annually in Singapore.  With a great number of submissions, it presents the latest researc

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nce & Economics Readings Selected Papers from Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance, 2017

Finance & Economics Readings

Lee-Ming Tan Evan Lau Poh Hock Chor Foon Tang •

Editors

Finance & Economics Readings Selected Papers from Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance, 2017

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Editors Lee-Ming Tan Conference East Asia Research Singapore Singapore

Chor Foon Tang Centre for Policy Research and International Studies Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang Malaysia

Evan Lau Poh Hock Faculty of Economics and Business Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Kuching Malaysia

ISBN 978-981-10-8146-0 ISBN 978-981-10-8147-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8147-7

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Preface

The 2017 Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2017), organized by East Asia Research and supported by BEFfore from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, was held on the 27th and 28th July 2017 in Singapore at the Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium. APEF 2017 conference looks at the worrying changes and slowdown amid continued uncertainty in Asian financial markets and economies. What are the effects from Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang led economics measure of shifting away from the once sacred economic policy of rapid economic growth? Is Abenomics the solution to Japan’s problem of disinflation and low growth? APEF 2017 achieved the objective of bringing together leading scholars, students and practitioners from overseas to Singapore for an academic exchange. The programme consisted of an opening speech by Dr. Eva