East Asia's Economic Integration: Progress and Benefit

by D. Hiratsuka (Editor), F. Kimura (Editor)

Overview

This book claims that de jure economic integration is in progress in East Asia, after the advancement of de facto integration. The book contains new international trade theory, spatial economics, data-work empirical studies, and field studies on various scenarios of de jure economic integration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349363452
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Series:	IDE-JETRO Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 2008
Pages:	353
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

RICHARD E. BALDWIN Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies; Policy Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research MICHEL FOUQUIN Deputy Director, Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII) NOBUAKI HAMAGUCHI Professor, Research Institute for Economics& Business Administration, Kobe University KEN ITAKURA Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University SOUKNILANH KEOLA Research Fellow, Development Strategies Studies Group, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) IKUO KUROIWA Senior Research Fellow Sent Abroad (Singapore), Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) BART LOS Associate Professor of International Economics& Business, University of Groningen JAN OOSTAERHAVEN Professor of Spatial Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen MOTOYOSHI SUZUKI JICA's Policy Advisor to Committee for Planning and Investment, LAO P.D.R. KAZUHIKO YOKOTA Research Associate Professor, The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development

Table of Contents

Preface From De Facto to De Jure Economic Integration in East Asia: Past, Present and Future; D.Hiratsuka & F.Kimura Modality of East Asia's Economic Integration; F.Kimura The East Asian Noodle Bowl Syndrome; R.E.Baldwin Rules of Origin, Local Content, and Cumulative Local Content in East Asia: Application of an International Input-Output Analysis; I.Kuroiwa Making Sense of the Timeliness of Transportation in Economic Integration; N.Hamaguchi Evolution of core-periphery structure; N.Hamaguchi Industrialization through vertical production networks: Can Laos participate in Vertical Production Networks?; D.Hiratsuka, S.Keola & M.Suzuki Structural change in intermediate, consumption and capital goods trade during economic integration: the EU experience; B.Los & J.Oosterhaven Spillovers and Linkages between Local and Foreign Plants; K.Yokota Do Local Suppliers Benefit from Economic Integration? Evidence from Outward FDI from ASEAN; D.Hiratsuka Comparing Bilateral and Multilateral ASEAN-10+4 Free Trade Agreements: Possible Impacts on Member and Non-member countries; M.Fouquin How will ASEAN+3 Integration Accelerate Investment?; K.Itakura