Students’ cross-perception of the economic crises in the European Union and in Southeast Asia
The financial crisis of 1997-1998 in Southeast Asia and the European Union’s financial crisis of 2008 followed by the sovereign debt crisis represented major policy events in the regions and beyond. The crises triggered policy adjustments with implications on economic and other policies. This pap...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103876 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19398 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
Summary: | The financial crisis of 1997-1998 in Southeast Asia and the European Union’s financial crisis of 2008
followed by the sovereign debt crisis represented major policy events in the regions and beyond. The
crises triggered policy adjustments with implications on economic and other policies.
This paper aims at evaluating the perception of university students in the European Union (EU) and
Southeast Asia on the management of these crises. It strives to confirm several ex ante assumptions
about the relationship between students’ background, their policy orientation and their knowledge of
the European Union and ASEAN policies. It also provides an analysis of the students’ evaluation of the
geopolitical importance of the global regions and the EU and ASEAN policies.
The paper is based on opinion surveys conducted during the first part of 2012 at four universities, two in
the EU and two in ASEAN countries.
In the eyes of EU and ASEAN students, the EU crisis is not being managed appropriately. The citizens of
the EU surveyed were even significantly more critical of the EU’s anti-crisis measures than any other
surveyed group. Their ASEAN counterparts were generally more positive in their evaluations. |
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