Aekapol Chongvilaivan Editor & Author

Shandre Thangavelu is an active researcher on human capital development, technology transfer, foreign direct investment, trade, government infrastructure investment, productivity and economic growth. He has written extensively in technology transfer and economic growth and has published his research in major international journals. His recent publications are in Journal of Economic Development, Empirical Economics, Applied Economics, World Economy, and Journal of Economic Studies. Recently, he was attached as the Head of the Economics Unit, MOM, under the Economist Service to Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Manpower. Recently, he was appointed as the Managing Editor for Asian Economic Journal (AEJ). Aekapol Chongvilaivan is a Fellow and Coordinator of the Regional Economic Studies Programme at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore. His current research covers a wide range of economics areas such as fragmentation and outsourcing in Southeast Asia, international trade, regional economic integration, and applied econometrics, among others. His research has been published in several international refereed journals including Economic Inquiry, Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Applied Economics, and The World Economy. He has served as an Editor of ASEAN Economic Bulletin and Coordinator of the Singapore APEC Study Centre.