WORK  ADDRESS

Institute of Sotheast Asian Studies (ISEAS)                              

30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace 119614, Singapore                                                                         

Tel. +65-6870-4509 (office)

E-mail address: aekapol@iseas.edu.sg

Web Page: http://www.iseas.edu.sg/iframes_researchers/draekapol.htm

External Link: http://ideas.repec.org/f/pch574.html

 

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), May 2008, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Thesis Title:"Four Essays on Trade, Globalization, and Wage Inequalities" [Downloadable]

M.A. in International Economics and Finance,June 2005, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Bachelor of Arts (Economics) with First-class Honors, February 2004, Thammasat University,Bangkok, Thailand.

 

JOURNAL ARTICLE PUBLICATIONS

“FDI, Growth and Asian Crisis: The Experience of Selected Asian Countries” (with Shandre M. Thangavelu and Yik Wei Yong), The World Economy, forthcoming.

 

“Outsourcing, Labor Productivity, and Wage Inequality in US: A Primal Approach” (with Jung Hur), Applied Economics, forthcoming (doi:10.1080/00036840802360302).[available online] 

 

“Outsourcing Types, Relative Wages, and the Demand for Skilled Workers: New Evidence from US Manufacturing” (with Jung Hur and Yohanes E. Riyanto), Economic Inquiry, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 18-33, 2009.[available online]

 

“Time-Inconsistent Domestic Environmental Policies and Optimal International Environmental Arrangements” (with Jung Hur), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 163, No. 4, pp. 731-758, 2007.[available online]

 

BOOK/BOOK CHAPTER PUBLICATIONS

“Food Crisis in Southeast Asia: What Caused? What Next?,” in Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia 2009-10, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 79-83, 2009.

 

RECENT OP-ED PUBLICATIONS

“Apec's Trade Policy: Enhance Transparency,” The Straits Times (Singapore), 19 May 2009.

“Economic Stimulus May Not Be A Panacea for All Ills,” Bangkok Post (Thailand), 26 March 2009. [available online]

“Food Security: Still A Broken Link” (with T.W. Devasahayam), The Straits Times (Singapore), 15 March 2009.

“A Hunger Bailout Is Needed” (with T.W. Devasahayam), The Straits Times (Singapore), 20 December 2008.

“Speculators Make Food Too Costly for the Poor,” The Straits Times (Singapore), 24 September 2008.

 

WORKING PAPERS

 

“The Impacts of Outsourcing on Labor Substitution: New Evidence from Thailand’s manufactures, 1999-2003” (with Shandre M. Thangavelu), ISEAS Working Paper: Economic & Finance Series No. 1, 2008. [Downloadable]

 

“Pattern Bargaining and Vertical Integration in Bilateral Monopoly with Downstream Unionization” (with Jung Hur and Yohanes E. Riyanto), paper presented at European Economic Association & Econometric Society, Milan, 28 August 2008.[Downloadable]

 

“Learning by Exporting and High-tech Capital Deepening in Singapore Manufacturing Industries, 1974-2006,” SCAPE Working Paper No. 2008/04, 2008.[Downloadable]

 

REFEREE SERVICES:Southern Economic Journal and ASEAN Economic Bulletin

 

SPECIALIZED AREAS:International Economics and Finance, Monetary Economics, Game Theory, Differential Game, Mathematical Economics, Dynamic Programming, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics Theory.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Fellow, Regional Economic Studies, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), September 2008 until present.

 

Research Fellow, Singapore Centre for Applied and Policy Economics (SCAPE), Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, January 2008 until August 2008.

 

Teaching Assistant for Money and Banking (Honour Class, EC4332, Sem I 2006/2007 and Third Year Class, EC 3332, Sem II 2006/2007 and Sem I 2007/2008) and Macroeconomics (EC2102, Sem. II 2005/2006), Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, August 2005 until November 2007.

 

Internship, Bank of Thailand,Foreign Exchange Team, Financial Market Operations Group, April until May 2003.

 

SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS

National University of Singapore Research Scholarship (PhD), August 2005.

UFJ Foundation Scholarship, August 30th, 2003, for the distinguishing academic result.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

·         Asia Pacific Trade Seminars 2007, July 7th-8th, 2007, Shanghai.

·         Singapore Economic Review Conference 2007, August 2nd-4th, 2007, Singapore.

·         The 33rd Federation of ASEAN Economic Associations Conference, November 27th-28th, 2008, Hanoi.

 

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

·         Singapore Economic Theory 2007, August 17th-18th, 2007, Singapore.

·         IV General Equilibrium Theory in Asia, August 19th-20th, 2007, Singapore.