Research works in the field of “Asian Economy & Development Economics” have common characteristics of long-term comparative studies, and of attaching importance to non-market factors, and they show the validity of these common frameworks of understanding. However, in the last 30 years or so, the methodological gap between development economics and area studies (Asian economy) is still more widening. How to bridge this gap? We expect Keizai Kenkyu (The Economic Review) to bridge this gap and to contribute more in these fields.
