Ai Kobayashi
Biographic Data
| ID | 143109 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ai Kobayashi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ai |
| FAMILY NAME | Kobayashi |
| SIGNATURE | KOBAYASHI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kyoto University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6448-1814 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
China inside out
This paper analyses a new large dataset of silver prices, as well as silver and merchandise trade flows in and out of China in the crucial decades of the mid-nineteenth century when the Empire was opened to world trade. Silver flows were associated with the interaction between heterogeneous monetary preferences and availability of specific coins. Before the 1850s, money markets became increasingly efficient, as reliance on bills of exchange allow…
Evolution of Overseas Chinese Remittances in Nineteenth Century Southeast Asia
Gregor Benton and Hong Liu. Dear China
Chapter 4 on Singapore by Harvey Neo highlights a case study in which the environmental movement has been rolled back because of the country's emulation of .As the government of Singapore can manage environmental activism effectively, this practice may be described as "post-politics"-where despite the dissidence of citizens, the ruling political power predominates.Given people's presumed ignorance, politics is managed by experts, technocrats, and…
Market integration via entrepôt
While scholars have disclosed the pre-1870 intercontinental market integration between Europe and Asia, the contemporaneous intra-Asian international market has been assumed fragmentary. Contrary to this prevailing view, this study demonstrates that Southeast Asia's international rice market was in a process of integration from the 1830s onwards, with a dynamic shift in market linkages and efficiency via Singapore. Specifically, an estimation of …
Asia's Silver Absorption through the Triangular Settlement System, 1846-1870
This study reveals the operation of the triangular settlement system for Asia's silver absorption over the 1850s-60s, which contributed to the stabilization of the pre-1870 global monetary system. First, we demonstrate that the triangular settlement system among Britain, India, and China was established based on exchange operations. Second, we validate the bullion point method for Asia's settlement analysis and devise the triangular silver point …
Loh Wei Leng with Jeffery Seow. Through Turbulent Terrain
International bimetallism and silver absorption in Singapore, 1840-73
This study reveals the mechanism underlying the silver trade in Singapore during the third quarter of the nineteenth century by analysing banking business and bullion arbitrage. After 1849, the California Gold Rush induced gold depreciation and silver appreciation in Singapore's bullion market, and arbitrage profits for silver imports from Britain emerged. At the same time, the expansion of banking business by eastern exchange banks enhanced the …
Price Fluctuations and Growth Patterns in Singapore's Trade, 1831-1913
Using a newly created trade price index, this paper determines the real growth rate of Singapore's trade during 1831–1913. We find that Singapore's trade grew between 1831 and 1873 at a higher rate than during the later period. An analysis of the terms of trade and purchasing power parity reveals that the growth pattern of Singapore's entrepôt trade changed after 1850 from growth fuelled by transit trade of industrial products to balanced growth …
The Effects of Touching and Stroking a Cat on the Inferior Frontal Gyrus in People
Our study evaluated the effects on the prefrontal cortex, especially the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), of people when touching and stroking a real or soft toy cat, using functional near infrared spectroscopy. Thirty under-graduate students (10 males, 20 females) were recruited and performed three tactile tasks with a real cat and a soft toy cat using their right hand. They also filled in the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), to measure their emotion…
Australia and Japan's Admission into the Colombo Plan
In October 1954 Japan was admitted to the Colombo Plan as a donor country with Australia's sponsorship. The dramatic shift in Australia's position on Japan's involvement in the Colombo Plan, from strong opposition to sponsorship, was recognised by the Japanese government as the first Australian initiative to improve the bilateral relationship since the resumption of diplomatic relations in April 1952. This article examines Japan's attempts to par…
Advantage Receiver
This article investigates Japan's readmission into the International Lawn Tennis Federation after World War II and its return to the Davis Cup in 1951. In seeking readmission, the Japanese Tennis Association sought support from Australia, where the animosity resulting from recent wartime conflict was particularly strong. The article examines particularly the ways in which the Council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia dealt with the prop…
Acoustic Signals of a Dog and Cat Induce Hemodynamic Responses within the Human Brain
The objective of this study was to evaluate the response of the human frontal cortex when listening to cat meows and dog barks, accompanied with a non-verbal pictorial using an affective rating system that assesses the dimensions of valence and arousal. Each participant (24 students; 12 females and 12 males) sat individually in the middle of a room and listened to the sounds (cat meows, dog barks, and the sound of a train) through ceiling-mounted…
The Role of Singapore in the Growth of Intra-Southeast Asian Trade,c.1820s-1852
This paper argues that the expansion of Southeast Asian trade in the first half of the nineteenth century was based partly on the growth of intra-regional trade. Singapore played a significant role as a British free port in the connection between Western long-distance trade and intra-regional trade.According to my estimates, intra-regional trade centered on the British andDutch colonies grew from the 1820s to 1852, with the focus shifting from Ja…
International bimetallism and silver absorption in Singapore, 1840-73
This study reveals the mechanism underlying the silver trade in Singapore during the third quarter of the nineteenth century by analysing banking business and bullion arbitrage. After 1849, the California Gold Rush induced gold depreciation and silver appreciation in Singapore's bullion market, and arbitrage profits for silver imports from Britain emerged. At the same time, the expansion of banking business by eastern exchange banks enhanced the …
The Effects of Touching and Stroking a Cat on the Inferior Frontal Gyrus in People
Our study evaluated the effects on the prefrontal cortex, especially the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), of people when touching and stroking a real or soft toy cat, using functional near infrared spectroscopy. Thirty under-graduate students (10 males, 20 females) were recruited and performed three tactile tasks with a real cat and a soft toy cat using their right hand. They also filled in the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), to measure their emotion…
Asia's Silver Absorption through the Triangular Settlement System, 1846-1870
This study reveals the operation of the triangular settlement system for Asia's silver absorption over the 1850s-60s, which contributed to the stabilization of the pre-1870 global monetary system. First, we demonstrate that the triangular settlement system among Britain, India, and China was established based on exchange operations. Second, we validate the bullion point method for Asia's settlement analysis and devise the triangular silver point …
The Role of Singapore in the Growth of Intra-Southeast Asian Trade,c.1820s-1852
This paper argues that the expansion of Southeast Asian trade in the first half of the nineteenth century was based partly on the growth of intra-regional trade. Singapore played a significant role as a British free port in the connection between Western long-distance trade and intra-regional trade.According to my estimates, intra-regional trade centered on the British andDutch colonies grew from the 1820s to 1852, with the focus shifting from Ja…
Australia and Japan's Admission into the Colombo Plan
In October 1954 Japan was admitted to the Colombo Plan as a donor country with Australia's sponsorship. The dramatic shift in Australia's position on Japan's involvement in the Colombo Plan, from strong opposition to sponsorship, was recognised by the Japanese government as the first Australian initiative to improve the bilateral relationship since the resumption of diplomatic relations in April 1952. This article examines Japan's attempts to par…
Advantage Receiver
This article investigates Japan's readmission into the International Lawn Tennis Federation after World War II and its return to the Davis Cup in 1951. In seeking readmission, the Japanese Tennis Association sought support from Australia, where the animosity resulting from recent wartime conflict was particularly strong. The article examines particularly the ways in which the Council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia dealt with the prop…
Acoustic Signals of a Dog and Cat Induce Hemodynamic Responses within the Human Brain
The objective of this study was to evaluate the response of the human frontal cortex when listening to cat meows and dog barks, accompanied with a non-verbal pictorial using an affective rating system that assesses the dimensions of valence and arousal. Each participant (24 students; 12 females and 12 males) sat individually in the middle of a room and listened to the sounds (cat meows, dog barks, and the sound of a train) through ceiling-mounted…
Price Fluctuations and Growth Patterns in Singapore's Trade, 1831-1913
Using a newly created trade price index, this paper determines the real growth rate of Singapore's trade during 1831–1913. We find that Singapore's trade grew between 1831 and 1873 at a higher rate than during the later period. An analysis of the terms of trade and purchasing power parity reveals that the growth pattern of Singapore's entrepôt trade changed after 1850 from growth fuelled by transit trade of industrial products to balanced growth …
The Effects of Touching and Stroking a Cat on the Inferior Frontal Gyrus in People
Our study evaluated the effects on the prefrontal cortex, especially the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), of people when touching and stroking a real or soft toy cat, using functional near infrared spectroscopy. Thirty under-graduate students (10 males, 20 females) were recruited and performed three tactile tasks with a real cat and a soft toy cat using their right hand. They also filled in the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), to measure their emotion…
Loh Wei Leng with Jeffery Seow. Through Turbulent Terrain
International bimetallism and silver absorption in Singapore, 1840-73
This study reveals the mechanism underlying the silver trade in Singapore during the third quarter of the nineteenth century by analysing banking business and bullion arbitrage. After 1849, the California Gold Rush induced gold depreciation and silver appreciation in Singapore's bullion market, and arbitrage profits for silver imports from Britain emerged. At the same time, the expansion of banking business by eastern exchange banks enhanced the …
Gregor Benton and Hong Liu. Dear China
Chapter 4 on Singapore by Harvey Neo highlights a case study in which the environmental movement has been rolled back because of the country's emulation of .As the government of Singapore can manage environmental activism effectively, this practice may be described as "post-politics"-where despite the dissidence of citizens, the ruling political power predominates.Given people's presumed ignorance, politics is managed by experts, technocrats, and…
Market integration via entrepôt
While scholars have disclosed the pre-1870 intercontinental market integration between Europe and Asia, the contemporaneous intra-Asian international market has been assumed fragmentary. Contrary to this prevailing view, this study demonstrates that Southeast Asia's international rice market was in a process of integration from the 1830s onwards, with a dynamic shift in market linkages and efficiency via Singapore. Specifically, an estimation of …
Asia's Silver Absorption through the Triangular Settlement System, 1846-1870
This study reveals the operation of the triangular settlement system for Asia's silver absorption over the 1850s-60s, which contributed to the stabilization of the pre-1870 global monetary system. First, we demonstrate that the triangular settlement system among Britain, India, and China was established based on exchange operations. Second, we validate the bullion point method for Asia's settlement analysis and devise the triangular silver point …
China inside out
This paper analyses a new large dataset of silver prices, as well as silver and merchandise trade flows in and out of China in the crucial decades of the mid-nineteenth century when the Empire was opened to world trade. Silver flows were associated with the interaction between heterogeneous monetary preferences and availability of specific coins. Before the 1850s, money markets became increasingly efficient, as reliance on bills of exchange allow…
Evolution of Overseas Chinese Remittances in Nineteenth Century Southeast Asia
Economics (7 works) · Asian Studies and History (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · International trade (5 works) · China (4 works) · Economy (4 works) · International economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works)