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 …
A milestone in my PhD. I present the findings of one of my thesis chapters.
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
I recently discovered a free software called ADMB. Its function is to estimate non-linear regressions. I need non-linear regression estimation to get an elasticity parameter that …
This article is originally appears here on my medium blog. I remake it in this blog because here I can use $$\LaTeX$$!! yay!! I don’t change anything so if you’ve red this in my …
For my first paper review post, I will cover a paper by Thorbecke that is certainly interesting. The paper, which examines how Japan’s electronics export competitiveness was …