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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">50620</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2026-34-1-45-56</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">UGRASM</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Developed and developing countries economy</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Экономика развитых и развивающихся стран</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Determinants of household final consumption expenditures in Asia: Identifying regional features</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Детерминанты потребления домохозяйств в Азии: выявление региональных особенностей</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8765-9825</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">8700-6566</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Arapova</surname><given-names>Ekaterina Y.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Арапова</surname><given-names>Екатерина Яковлевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. in Economics, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Research Program “Global Economy. Digital Finance. Sanctions Policy” at the Institute for International Studies, Associate Professor at the Department of Diplomacy, Deputy Dean of the School of International Relations</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат экономических наук, ведущий научный сотрудник, руководитель исследовательской программы «Мировая экономика. Цифровые финансы. Санкционная политика» Института международных исследований, доцент кафедры дипломатии, заместитель декана факультета международных отношений</p></bio><email>arapova_katrin@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный институт международных отношений (Университет) Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-06-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>34</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NEW VECTORS OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITHIN BRICS+</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">НОВЫЕ ВЕКТОРЫ ТОРГОВЛИ И ИНВЕСТИЦИЙ В РАМКАХ БРИКС+</issue-title><fpage>45</fpage><lpage>56</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-06-15"><day>15</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Arapova E.Y.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Арапова Е.Я.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Arapova E.Y.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Арапова Е.Я.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/50620">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/50620</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Amid slowing global economic growth and declining external demand, several traditionally export-led Asian markets try to diversify their economic growth sources and expand household consumption expenditures. The largest Asian markets possess significant but not fully realized consumer potential, which is largely shaped by regional characteristics - particularly the considerable difference in household consumption expenditures’ dependency on the dynamics of their key determinants. The study aims to quantitatively assess this dependency for a group of the 10 largest consumer markets in Asia - China, India, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam - and compare them with global trends in order to evaluate the region’s potential to become a global consumption center and, consequently, to turn Asian consumption into a driver of both regional and global growth. The methodological basis of the study is a fixed-effects regression model calculated for current and permanent income specifications. It was found that the income elasticity of consumption in Asia is significantly lower compared to the global trend. A key barrier preventing private consumption from becoming a driver of regional growth remains the traditional high household saving rate and a households’ preference for long-term stability over short-term income growth. As a result, despite rapid income growth and the middle class expansion, these factors are likely to contribute to sustained consumer demand growth only in the medium term - over a horizon of five years or more. Inflation, on the other hand, has an opposite effect on private consumption dynamics: when prices rise, households are more inclined to direct short-term income gains toward additional consumption. The inertial export orientation in several Asian economies remains an obstacle to the shift toward consumption-led growth. However, the rapid development of financial systems is a stimulating factor. An important factor influencing the dynamics of private consumption is the gender structure of the population. In all societies, women are drivers of consumer demand, but this effect is significantly stronger in Asia.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В условиях замедления темпов глобального экономического роста и снижения внешнего спроса ряд традиционно экспортоориентированных азиатских рынков начинает двигаться по пути диверсификации источников экономического роста и расширения потребительского спроса домохозяйств. Крупнейшие азиатские рынки обладают значительным, но не в полной мере реализованным потребительским потенциалом, что обусловлено особенностями региона: существенными различиями в зависимости потребительских расходов домохозяйств от динамики ключевых детерминант. Цель исследования - измерить эту зависимость количественно для группы 10 крупнейших потребительских рынков Азии: Китая, Индии, Японии, Республики Корея, Индонезии, Малайзии, Филиппин, Сингапура, Таиланда, Вьетнама, сравнив с общемировыми трендами, чтобы оценить потенциал превращения региона в центр глобального и, как следствие, азиатского потребления, в драйвер регионального и глобального роста. Методологическую основу исследования составила регрессионная модель с фиксированными эффектами, рассчитанная для моделей текущего и постоянного дохода. Установлено, что по сравнению с общемировым трендом эластичность азиатского потребления по уровню дохода значительно ниже. Ключевым барьером превращения частного потребления в драйвер регионального роста остаются традиционная высокая склонность домохозяйств к сбережениям и предпочтение долгосрочной стабильности краткосрочному росту доходов. В результате, несмотря на стремительный рост доходов и расширение среднего класса, трансформироваться в устойчивый рост потребительского спроса эти факторы способны лишь в среднесрочной перспективе 5 лет и более. Противоположное влияние на динамику частного потребления оказывает инфляция: при росте цен домохозяйства в большей степени готовы краткосрочный скачок доходов направить на дополнительное потребление. Трансформации в направлении роста, движимого внутренним потреблением, препятствует инерционная экспортоориентированность ряда азиатских экономик. При этом стимулирующим фактором в среднесрочной перспективе становится стремительное развитие финансовых систем. Важным фактором изменения динамики частного потребления является гендерный состав населения. Женщины выступают драйвером потребительского спроса во всех обществах, однако в Азии этот фактор проявляется значительно сильнее.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>private consumption</kwd><kwd>economic growth</kwd><kwd>income</kwd><kwd>financial development</kwd><kwd>middle class</kwd><kwd>regression analysis</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>частное потребление</kwd><kwd>экономический рост</kwd><kwd>доходы</kwd><kwd>финансовое развитие</kwd><kwd>средний класс</kwd><kwd>регрессионный анализ</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Arapova, E. (2018). Determinants of household final consumption expenditures in Asian countries: A panel model, 1991–2015. Applied Econometrics and International Development, 18(1), 121–140.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Arapova, E.Y. (2017). Asia: On the way to a consumer society. 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