Assigned Class

Faculty of Liberal Arts

Research Field

keyword:Development Economics , International Economics

Academic Background

Graduate School

Kyoto University , (Doctor course , Graduate School of Economics) , 2009

Kyoto University , (Master course , Graduate School of Economics) , 2005

College

Osaka University , (School of Economics) , 2003

Degree

Kyoto University

Research Career

Research Career

2019 , Visiting Fellow, JICA Ogata Research Institute

2016 - 2016 , Visitng Fellow, Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), Cornell University, USA

2016 - 2016 , Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Development Studies, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2013 , Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Saitama University, Japan

2011 - 2013 , Assistant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Saitama University, Japan

2009 - 2011 , Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan

2008 - 2009 , Research Fellow, Global Centers of Excellence (GCOE), Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, Japan

Books, Articles, etc.

Articles

"Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Its Importance and Determinants from a Household Survey in Cambodia"
,JICA Ogata Research Institute Discussion Paper No. 17 2024
Sovannroeun Samreth, Daiju Aiba, Vandy Phal

"Impact of the Interest Rate Ceiling on Credit Cost, Loan Size, and Informal Credit in the Microfinance Sector: Evidence from a Household Survey in Cambodia"
,Empirical Economics,65:2627-2667 2023
Sovannroeun Samreth, Daiju Aiba, Sothearoath Oeur, Vanndy Vat

"Do Political Regimes Matter for Technology Diffusion?"
,Journal of the Knowledge Economy,Forthcoming 2023
Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"What Explain High Interest Rates in Microfinance Loans? Evidence from the Case of a Newly Introduced Interest Rate Cap Policy in Cambodia"
,Discussion Paper series SU-RCSDEA 2022-001, Research Center for Sustainable Development in East Asia, Saitama University, Japan 2022
Daiju Aiba, Sovannroeun Samreth

『カンボジアにおける新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響と対応』
,愛知学院大学経済研究所所報 第2号:160-173項、 2022
サムレト ソワンルン、藤川 清史

"Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Households’ Food Consumption in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Data Analysis"
,Environmental Challenges,7:100495 2022
Mohammad Saiful Islam, Sovannroeun Samreth, Abu Hayat, Md. Saiful Islam, Masayuki Sato

"Impact of Interest Rate Cap Policies on the Lending Behavior of Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from Millions of Observations in the Credit Registry Database"
,JICA Ogata Research Institute Working Paper, No.224 2021
Daiju Aiba, Sovannroeun Samreth, Sothearoath Oeur, and Vanndy Vat

"Oil Bonanza and the Composition of Government Expenditure"
,Economics of Governance,22(1):pp.23-46, 2021
Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"Labour Force and Labour Market in Cambodia: Facts, Challenges and Policy Actions"
,Chapter 1 in 'Human Resource Landscape in Mainland ASEAN', Chulalongkorn University Press:pp. 1-23, 2020
Somean Kuoch, Sovannroeun Samreth

"The Impact of Interest Rate Cap Policy on the Lending Behavior of Microfinance Institutions in Cambodia: Evidence from Millions of Observations in the Credit Registry Database"
,Discussion Paper series SU-RCSDEA 2020-008, Research Center for Sustainable Development in East Asia, Saitama University, Japan. 2020
Daiju Aiba, Sovannroeun Samreth, Sothearoath Oeur, Vanndy Vat

"Dollarization Dilemma: Price Stability at the Cost of External Competitiveness in Cambodia"
,World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8893, 2019
Sovannroeun Samreth, Miguel Eduardo Sánchez-Martín, Sodeth Ly

"Revisiting the Impacts of Exchange Rate Movement on the Dollarization Process in Cambodia"
,Social Science Review (Saitama University),156:pp.119-134, 2019
Sovannroeun Samreth, Pagna Sok

"Economic Growth and Dollarization in Cambodia"
,Asian Studies (Aziya Kenkyu),65(1):pp.61-78, 2019
Sovannroeun Samreth, Hidenobu Okuda

"The Impact of Institutional Factors on the Performance of Genuine Savings"
,International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 25:pp.56-68, 2018
Masayuki Sato, Sovannroeun Samreth, Kengo Sasaki

"Findings from a Preliminary Survey of Poor Households in Rural Cambodia: A Case of a Commune in Prey Veng Province"
,Saitama University Review (Faculty of Liberal Arts),53(1):pp.59-70, 2017
Sovannroeun Samreth

"Corruption and Natural Resource Rents: Evidence from Quantile Regression"
,Applied Economics Letters,24:pp.1490-1493, 2017
Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"A Preliminary Survey on the Poor Households in Angkor Sar Commune, Mesang District, Prey Veng Province, Cambodia: Household Information"
,Saitama University Review (Faculty of Liberal Arts),52(1):pp.111-120, 2016
Sovannroeun Samreth

"Ethnic Diversity, Democracy, and Health: Theory and Evidence"
,Research in Economics,69:pp.353–376, 2015
Go Kotera, Nobuhiro Mizuno, Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"An Estimation of the Money Demand Function in Cambodia"
,Economics Bulletin,35:pp.2625-2636, 2015
Sovannroeun Samreth

"How Does Corruption Influence the Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth?"
,Global Economic Review,43:pp.207-220, 2014
Keisuke Okada Sovannroeun Samreth

"A Study on the Socio-economic Determinants of Suicide: Evidence from 13 European OECD Countries"
,Journal of Socio-Economics,45:pp.78-85, 2013
Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"A Numerical Study on Assessing Sustainable Development with Future Genuine Savings Simulation"
,International Journal of Sustainable Development,15:pp.293-312, 2012
Masayuki Sato, Sovannroeun Samreth, Katsunori Yamada

"Empirical Study on the Determinants of CO2 Emissions: Evidence from OECD Countries"
,Applied Economics,44:pp.3513-3519, 2012
Hiroki Iwata, Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"The Effect of Foreign Aid on Corruption: A Quantile Regression Approach"
,Economics Letters,115:pp.240-243, 2012
Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"Government Size, Democracy, and Corruption: An Empirical Investigation"
,Economic Modelling,29:pp.2340–2348, 2012
Go Kotera, Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"An Empirical Examination on the Hysteresis of Currency Substitution in Cambodia"
,Journal of Asian Economics,22:pp.518-527, 2011
Sovannroeun Samreth

"A Note on the Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2: A Pooled Mean Group Approach"
,Applied Energy,88:pp.1986-1996, 2011
Hiroki Iwata, Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"A Note on Short-Run and Long-Run Relationships between Parallel and Official Exchange Rates: The Case of Cambodia"
,Economics Bulletin,30:pp.1044-1053, 2010
Sovannroeun Samreth

"Currency Substitution and Seigniorage-Maximizing Inflation: The Case of Cambodia"
,Applied Economics,42:pp.1907-1916, 2010
Sovannroeun Samreth

"Empirical Study on the Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2 in France: The Role of Nuclear Energy"
,Energy Policy,38:pp.4057-4063, 2010
Hiroki Iwata, Keisuke Okada, Sovannroeun Samreth

"Sustainability Dependency under International Relationships: Evidence from Genuine Savings Indicator of Japan"
,KSI Communications 2010-006, Kyoto Sustainability Initiative, Kyoto University, Japan, 2010
Masayuki Sato, Sovannroeun Samreth, Rintaro Yamaguchi

"Assessing Sustainable Development by Genuine Saving Indicator from Multidimensional Perspectives"
,MPRA Paper No. 9996, 2008
Masayuki Sato, Sovannroeun Samreth

"The Monetary Model of Exchange Rate: Evidence from the Philippines Using ARDL Approach"
,Economics Bulletin,6:pp.1-13, 2008
Dara Long, Sovannroeun Samreth

Presentation

China's Belt and Road Initiative and Cambodian Perceptions
Cambodia Development Research Institute (CDRI)'s Research Seminar 202312
Shino Watanabe, Sovannroeun Samreth, Penghuy Ngov

Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Its Importance and Determinants from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Cambodia's Annual Microfinance Conference 202311
Sovannroeun Samreth

Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Its Importance and Determinants from a Household Survey in Cambodia
The 18th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association 202310
Sovannroeun Samreth

A New Perspective of Global Perception of China: Findings from a Survey in Cambodia
Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) Research Seminar 202308
Shino Watanabe and Sovannroeun Samreth

Financial Literacy among Microfinance Borrowers in Cambodia: Evidence from a Household Survey
中央大学経済研究所人口・労働・社会保障研究部会 202308
Sovannroeun Samreth

Cambodia’s Economic Growth and Development and Perception of China from a Survey in Cambodia
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Workshop 202305
Shino Watanabe, Sovannroeun Samreth

Perception of China: Findings from a Survey in Cambodia
International Studies Association (ISA) 2023 Annual Convention 202303
Shino Watanabe and Sovannroeun Samreth

Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Findings and Policy Implications from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Cambodia's Annual Microfinance Conference 202210
Sovannroeun Samreth

Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Findings and Policy Implications from a Household Survey in Cambodia
JICA Ogata Research Institute Lunch Seminar 202210
Sovannroeun Samreth

Impact of the Interest Rate Ceiling on Credit Cost, Loan Size, and Informal Credit in the Microfinance Sector: Evidence from a Household Survey in Cambodia
Singapore Economic Review Conference 2022 202208
Sovannroeun Samreth

Impacts of COVID-19 in Cambodia and National and International Responses
AGU/ASSIA and RUPP Joint Seminar on Cambodia / Japan collaboration 202108
Sovannroeun Samreth

Impacts of Interest Rate Ceiling on Microfinance Sector in Cambodia: Evidence from a Household Survey
Cambodia's Interest Rate Ceiling Committee Meeting 202102
Sovannroeun Samreth

Impacts of Interest Rate Ceiling on Microfinance Sector in Cambodia: Evidence from a Household Survey
Workshop organized by the National Bank of Cambodia and the Cambodia Microfinance Association 202009
Sovannroeun Samreth

Impacts of Interest Rate Ceiling on Microfinance Sector in Cambodia: Preliminary Results from a Household Survey
JICA Ogata Research Institute Lunch Seminar 202006
Sovannroeun Samreth

Chinese Aid and Investment in Mekong Region
Seminar, Institute for Northeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam. 201908
Sovannroeun Samreth

Dollarization Dilemma: Price Stability at the Cost of External Competitiveness in Cambodia
Singapore Economic Review Conference 2019 201908
Sovannroeun Samreth

Livelihood of the Poor in Cambodia: Evidence from a Study of Financial Diaries in a Commune
JICA-RI Lunch Seminar 201904
Sovannroeun Samreth

Revisiting the Impacts of Exchange Rate Movement on the Dollarization Process in Cambodia
APL Seminar (IDE-JETRO) 201812
Sovannroeun Samreth

Revisiting the Impacts of Exchange Rate Movement on the Dollarization Process in Cambodia
The 16th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association 201810
Sovannroeun Samreth

Revisiting the Impacts of Exchange Rate Movement on the Dollarization Process in Cambodia
Workshop on Mekong Economy 201809
Sovannroeun Samreth

Findings from a Preliminary Survey of Poor Households in Rural Cambodia: A Case of a Commune in Prey Veng Province
The 11th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Cambodian Studies 201706
Sovannroeun Samreth

Economic Growth and Development in Cambodia during the 1990s and 2000s
The 2017 Spring Convention of the Japan Association for Asian Studies 201706
Sovannroeun Samreth

A Preliminary Survey on Poor Households in Rural Cambodia: Evidence from a Commune
SEAP Gatty Lecture Series, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University 201609
Sovannroeun Samreth

An Estimation of the Money Demand Function in Cambodia
The 14th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association 201411
Sovannroeun Samreth

Stability Of Sustainable Development Path and Institutions
The 13th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association 2012
Sovannroeun Samreth

Empirical Examination on the Hysteresis of Currency Substitution in Cambodia
The 12th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association 2010
Sovannroeun Samreth

Research Grants