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Testing the convergence and the divergence in five Asian countries: from a GMM model to a new Machine Learning algorithm

Journal of Economic Studies, ISSN: 0144-3585, Vol: 49, Issue: 6, Page: 1002-1016
2022
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  • Citations
    9
    • Citation Indexes
      9
  • Captures
    57

Article Description

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the economic convergence that operate between five selected Asian countries (namely Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia). In particular, it seeks to investigate how increased economic integration has impacted the inter-country income levels among the five founding members of ASEAN. Design/methodology/approach: A new Machine Learning (ML) approach is applied along with a panel data analysis (GMM), and the application of KOF Globalization Index. Findings: The Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) results highlight that the endogenous growth theory seems to be supported for the selected Asian countries, indicating evidence of diverging forces resulting from unequal growth and polarization dynamics. Overcoming the technical issues raised by the econometric approach, the new ML algorithm brings contrasted but interesting results. Using the KOF Globalization Index, the authors confirm how the last phase of globalization set the conditions for an economic convergence among sample members. Originality/value: Using the KOF Globalization Index, the authors confirm how the last phase of globalization set the conditions for an economic convergence among sample members. As a matter of fact, the new LSTM algorithm has provided consistent evidence supporting the existence of converging forces. In fact, the results highlighted the effectiveness of the experiments and the algorithm we chose. The high predictability of the authors’ model and the absence of self-alignment in the values showed a convergence be-tween the economies.

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