State Autonomy and Industrial Policy:A Comparative Analysis of Southeast Asian Countries'Digital Economy Industrial Policies from the Neo-statism Perspective
Southeast Asia's digital economy industry has attracted a lot of attention due to the considerable potential shown by the huge market size and a high growth rate.However,current studies about the digital economy of Southeast Asi-an countries cannot explain the differences in industrial policies across countries and various political economic logics behind these industrial policies.This article classifies the industrial policies of Southeast Asian countries based on the two arguments of"whether the country is technologically advanced"and"whether the country follows comparative advantage",and combines the concept of relative industry maturity and the theory of Neo-statism to analyze the motivations behind spe-cific industrial policy choices.On the basis of case studies,this article points out that the differences in strategic choices between Singapore,Malaysia and the Philippines stem from differences in the relative industry maturity and state autonomy,and that these differences are rooted in the different political,economic and social factors within each country.Higher rela-tive industry maturity and state autonomy allow Singapore to make the choice to explore technological frontiers;higher state autonomy allows Malaysia to integrate national consensus and resources to build a digital economy despite lower relative in-dustry maturity;lower relative industry maturity and state autonomy make it difficult for the Philippines to transcend its ex-isting comparative advantages and provide stronger industrial policy support for the digital economy.
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