英文摘要 |
In 2012, the European debt crisis continued to spread, impacting global economic growth. Taiwan, China and Korea all suffered impacts on their economic, trade and industrial activity. This study refers to the Miller and Blair (1985) inter-regional input-output (IRIO) model and employs a cross-border input-output model to assess how the economies and industries in Taiwan, China and Korea were affected by the European debt crisis. The study finds that: (1) The European debt crisis caused a reduction of 1.47 of a percentage point in Taiwan’s economic growth rate in 2012, which is close to the estimation made by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2012. (2) Among Taiwan, China and Korea, China suffered the heaviest loss of output, at a value of US$23.95 billion, followed by Korea at US$11.245 billion and Taiwan at US$2.23 billion. (3)The major industries that suffered the biggest losses were the same in all three countries, with transportation vehicles the worst affected, and with household appliances, electronic parts and components, and computers and other electronic products the second-worst affected. Also, taking account of the policy responses of China and Korea and matching them with the simulation results, this study presents the following suggestions: That the government should (1) prioritize reducing goods tax on cars and large-capacity household electrical appliances, as items with relatively large industrial linkage effects; (2) bolster subsidies for energysaving and carbon-reducing household electrical appliances; and (3) establish a strategy for cooperation in the cross-strait textile industry, with a shift toward targeting sales in the mainland domestic market. |