FDI, industry, and trade policy
This post briefly discusses FDI developments in Indonesia. FDI Trends Since 1970 The chart below shows Indonesia’s net FDI inflows as a percentage of GDP. The data source is the …
Indonesian tariff dynamics, 2000-2018
A couple of weeks ago, a colleague of mine, Deasy Pane from Bappenas, invited me for a discussion about Indonesia’s trade and investment situation policy. Indeed, that’s the beauty …
A quick look at Indonesia's current account and balance of trade using World Bank's API in Python
Indonesia has been always famed for its lack of depth and innovation in its financial market. Banks are powerful and aim mostly at consumer banking. Indeed, the role of foreign …
The heterogeneous impacts of tariffs and NTM on total factor productivity of Indonesian firms
A milestone in my PhD. I present the findings of one of my thesis chapters.
Diversification as a strategy to survive
Just recently I finished a book titled The Gene: an Intimate History by Siddharta Mukherjee. The book started by a touching stories about Dr. Mukherjee and his family history, that …
Running a PPML regression in python using GME package from USITC
A couple of month ago, I just learned from a professor from my course about the new gravity dataset made by the United States International Trade Commission (USITC). Turns out, the …
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The Value of Everything: A Review
Not long ago, I finished one of the most talked-about books among economists: “The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy” by Mariana Mazzucato. In my view, …
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Looking for the relationship between ministry budgets and industrial growth
Hi everyone. In this post, I will continue from my previous post on Industrial Policy which argued that to advance the manufacturing sector, Indonesia needs more than just the …
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The Brazilian Chicken Import Dispute: Where There's Corn, There's Chicken
Another week, another trade related post! Recently, netizens were startled (again) by news that Indonesia would import chicken from Brazil. This was the result of Brazil filing a …
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Application of Infrastructure Development Problem (Long Chu Style) to Indonesia’s Toll Road
This article is originally appears here on my medium blog. I remake it in this blog because here I can use !! yay!! I don’t change anything so if you’ve red this in my …