1st Edition

The Politics and the Economics of Integration in Asia and the Pacific

Edited By Shiro Armstrong Copyright 2011
232 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The shape of economic integration in the global and regional economies - and the extent to which goods, services and factors of production move more or less freely across borders - depends not only upon underlying economic conditions but also upon politics. Whether integration is market-led, as has been the case in Asia, or institution-led as in Europe, there are political elements that affect... Read more

1. Overview and Issues Shiro Armstrong  2. Beyond the Golden Era: Asia Pacific Cooperation after the Global Financial Crisis Peter A. Petri  3. Regional Economic Integration in Asia: The Track Record and Prospects Razeen Sally  4. The Influence of Economics and Politics on the Structure of World Trade and Investment Flows Shiro Armstrong and Peter Drysdale  5. Investment, Production and Trade Networks as Drivers of East Asian Integration Ralph Paprzycki and Keiko Ito  6. Trade Potential between Mainland China and Taiwan Xinpeng Xu and Yu Sheng  7. The Varying Fortunes of ASEAN Economic Integration: What Does the Historical Experience Reveal? Helen E.S. Nesadurai  8. Managing Deeper Integration in Asia and the Pacific Haryo Aswicahyono

Biography

Shiro Armstrong is a Research Fellow in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University and is currently an Australian Government Endeavour Research Fellow and the Gary Saxonhouse Prize Visiting Fellow to the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia University. He is co-editor of the East Asia Forum.