英文摘要 |
Japan is an important upstream supplier of materials in East Asian supply chains, having close trade and supply relationships with electronics manufacturers in Taiwan, Korea and mainland China. Hence, the effect on those relationships of disruptions in the supply chain caused by the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake are worthy of attention. This study employs the Miller and Blair (1985) input-output model to explore how industries and the economies in Taiwan, mainland China and Korea were affected by disruptions in key electronic component and equipment supply chains. The study finds that: (1) The supply-chain disruptions caused a reduction of between 0.149 and 0.327 of a percentage point in Taiwan’s economic growth rate in 2011, which is close to the estimation made by the CEPD in March 2011. The industries most heavily affected were those producing electronic parts and equipment, computers, electronic and optical products, chemicals and chemical products, and steel and other metals. (2) The negative impact on the 2011 GDP growth of major countries in East Asia was felt most heavily by mainland China, followed by Taiwan and Korea. Taiwan and Korea experienced a relatively heavy impact on their semiconductor component supply, but with Taiwan twice as heavily affected as Korea. Also, taking account of the policy responses of major East Asian countries in the wake of the earthquake, and matching them with the simulation results, this study presents the following suggestions: That the government should prioritize attracting investment from Japan and developing core technologies in semiconductor component production; and that Taiwan should adopt a strategy of allying with mainland China against Korea in the co-opetition relationships of East Asian electronics industry chains. |