Asian Economic Panel

The Asian Economic Panel (AEP), founded in April 2001, brings together prominent economists from around the world who gather twice yearly to discuss economic issues that are of vital importance to Asian economies, collectively or individually.

Brookings Global Hosts 2007 Asian Economic Panel

On April 9 and 10, The Brookings Institution's Global Economy and Development Group hosted two days of roundtable discussion on issues of vital importance to Asian countries. This year's focus is on the 10-year anniversary of the Asian financial crisis with special sessions on Asian trade and Asia's new economic giants, China and India.

Papers Presented

Additional Speakers and Discussants

Hossein Abbasinejad, University of Tehran
Shigeyuki Abe, Doshisha University
Muhammad Chatib Basri, Universiti Indonesia
Maria Socorro Bautista, University of Philippines
Amb. Karan Bhatia, Deputy US Trade Representative
Paul Blustein, Brookings Institution
Barry Bosworth, Brookings Institution
Lael Brainard, Brookings Institution
Ji Chou, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
Donald Hanna, CitiGroup
Keun Lee, Seoul National University
Françoise Lemoine, CEPII (Paris)
Shuanglin Lin, Peking University
Hongzhong Liu, Fudan University
Bhanupong Nidhiprabha, Thammasat University
James Riedel, Johns Hopkins University
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Fredrik Sjoholm, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (Sweden)
Quoc Huy Vu, National Economics University (Hanoi)
Harry Wu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Doo-Yong Yang, KIEP
Naoyuki Yoshino, Keio University
Zainal Aznam Yusof, National Economic Action Council
Jun Zhang, Fudan University
Liqing Zhang, Central University of Finance and Economics
Wei Zhang, University of Cambridge
Xiaojing Zhang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Further Information

A selection of the papers presented at the Asian Economic Panel will be published in "The Asian Economic Papers" in the fall. View previous issues.

Asian Economic Panel Steering Committee

The members of the Steering Committee are Kyung-Tae Lee of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Jeffrey Sachs of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Eisuke Sakakibara of the Global Security Research Center of Keio University. Wing Thye Woo, Doo-Yong Yang, and Naoyuki Yoshino are the coordinators of the AEP. Prema-Chandra Athukorala, Nirupam Bajpai, Gordon de Brouwer, and Fredrik Sjöholm are the assistant editors of the AEP journal, Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press.

Asian Economic Panel Advisory Board

Lael Brainard, Brookings Institution, USA
Chia Siow Yue, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
Fan Gang, National Economic Research Institute, China Reform Foundation, China
Warwick J. McKibbin, Australian National University, Australia
Kiyohiko G. Nishimura, University of Tokyo, Japan
Mari Elka Pangestu, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
Yung Chul Park, Korea University, South Korea
Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand
Heizo Takenanka, Keio University, Japan
Yunjong Wang, SK Telecoms, South Korea
Richard Wong, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Zainal Aznam Yusof, Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia



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Brookings Global Economy and Development
21st Century Center of Excellence at Keio University
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
Institute of Governmental Affairs at the University of California, Davis