The Economics of East Asian Integration

This volume is intended to be the most comprehensive textbook on economic integration in East Asia. It introduces the reader to various issues related to the topic such as institutional building of FTAs; production networks and the location choice of MNEs; R&D and innovation; infrastructure development and transport costs; international migration and service trade; monetary integration; regional disparity and poverty. It also deals with the critical energy, environmental and agricultural concerns. Each chapter contains ample data and rigorous analyses, complemented by illustrative box articles. Covering a wide range of aspects surrounding economic integration in East Asia, this well-researched text will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of development studies, regional economics and Asian studies. It will be of particular value to those on courses concerned with economic and regional integration.

Contents

Introduction

PART I FACTS AND THEORIES
1. A history of de facto economic integration in East Asia
2. Analytical framework for East Asian integration (1): industrial agglomeration and concentrated dispersion
3. Analytical framework for East Asian integration (2): evolution of industrial location and regional disparity

PART II INTEGRATION (1): PRODUCTION NETWORKS AND INNOVATION
4. International production/distribution networks in East Asia
5. Theories on FDI and the behavior of MNEs in East Asia
6. Productivity, R&D, and intellectual property rights in East Asia and India

PART III INTEGRATION (2): AGRICULTURE, SERVICES, LABOR, AND MONEY
7. Agricultural issues related to East Asia's economic integration
8. Services trade and investment liberalization
9. Economic integration and international migration in East Asia
10. Monetary integration in East Asia

PART IV DRIVERS OF INTEGRATION
11. Institution building for economic integration in East Asia: a brief history
12. Institutions and policy coordination for further integration
13. Economic integration and the expansion of trade and transport networks
14. Infrastructure connectivity for East Asia's economic integration

PART V COHESION AND SUSTAINABILITY
15. Economic integration and regional disparities in East Asia
16. Economic integration and poverty
17. Energy bottlenecks and cooperation
18. Trade and the environment
19. New challenges and directions for East Asian integration