International economic integration and Asia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael G. Plummer, Erik Jones

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451150703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2006
• ISBN: 1-281-92494-6; 9786611924942; 981-277-377-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Collana: Advanced research in Asian economic studies, , 1793-0944 ; ; v. 3
• Altri autori (Persone): PlummerMichael G. <1959->; JonesErik
• Disciplina: 337.1/5
• Soggetti: International economic integration; Electronic books.; Asia Economic integration; Asia Economic policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: East Asian economic regionalism : progress and challenges / Masahiro Kawai -- Sequencing regional integration in Asia / Richard Pomfret -- ASEAN+3 : is an economic community in their future? / James Angresano -- Stock market performance in ASEAN : is institutional integration warranted? / Reid W. Click and Michael G. Plummer -- The institution of a single currency area : lessons for Asia from the European Monetary Union / Sergio Rossi -- Deep integration and its impacts on non-members : EU enlargement and East Asia / Hiro Lee and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe -- Small change : a critical examination of the economic relationship between South Asia and the European Union / Jonathon W. Moses and Maggi Brigham -- The effects of North-South regional trade policies : a comparison of Mediterranean countries with ASEAN / Nicolas Peridy -- Reconciling the tensions between regional integration and cohesion / Mary Farrell -- Lessons for Asia? Legitimacy and quasi-democratic mechanisms in European and American market integration / Craig Parsons and J. David Richardson.
• Sommario/riassunto: Regional economic integration has become a key force in international ; commercial policy in the 2000's. Europe has traditionally embraced regionalism; the United States became actively involved in preferential trading arrangements only in the 1980's. While Asia has been late in accepting formal regional economic integration accords, all Asian countries are now in the process of creating various free-trade areas and other forms of economic integration programs, and some are already in place. This volume analyzes the regionalism trend from an Asian perspective. It considers the lessons from...