Shujiro Urata is Professor Emeritus at Waseda University. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and President of the East Asian Economics Association (EAEA).Fukunari Kimura is Professor Emeritus and Senior Professor, Keio University and President, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO).Paresh Kumar Narayan is a professor at Monash Business School, Australia. He is President of the Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association, Editor-in-Chief of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, and Managing Editor of Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking.Ha Thi Thanh Doan is an economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).