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Promoting Domestic Reforms through Regionalism
Dee, Philippa; McNaughton, Anne - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
There is a strong presumption among economists that domestic reforms are promoted by regionalism. Yet strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652187
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Changing Commercial Policy in Japan During 1985–2010
Kawai, Masahiro; Urata, Shujiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
two-track approach of relying on multilateral liberalization under the GATT/WTO and open regionalism under Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363476
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The Japan - Australia Partnership in the Era of the East Asian Community - Can they Advance Together?
Terada, Takashi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This paper aims to examine the implications of the rise of East Asian regionalism for the Australia-Japan partnership … regionalism over the last few decades, by exploring the upsurge of Japans interest in East Asian regionalism and examining … but has shown a keener interest in furthering relations with East Asian countries and promoting East Asian regionalism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365109
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Korea's FTA Policy Consistent with APEC Goals
Cheong, Inkyo - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 1999
This paper begins with a detailed analysis of the factors that led Koreas more open approach to FTAs, culminating in the officially stated intention of exploring a bilateral FTA with Chile. Korea and Chile have concluded preliminary talks and working-level negotiations are expected to begin in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365174
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India in the Global and Regional Trade - Determinants of Aggregate and Bilateral Trade Flows and Firms’ Decision to Export
Srinivasan, T.N.; Archana, Vani - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper contributes to two strands of literature on empirical models of trade flows and trade policy. The first and the older strand is that of gravity models of bilateral trade flows going back to Hans Linneman (1966) and Tinbergen (1962) and its recent applications, particularly by Adams et...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363461
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Has Trade Intensity in ASEAN+3 Really Increased? Evidence from a Gravity Analysis
Kim, Heungchong - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2002
This study examines the observable phenomenon of growing trade intensity among the ASEAN+3 countries over the last twenty years by using standard gravity approach. While there is a conventional belief that trade intensities within CJK (China Japan and Korea) and between CJK and ASEAN have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365169
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China’s Direct Investment in the European Union : Challenges and Policy Responses
Nicolas, Françoise - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
The dramatic rise of Chinese direct investment into the European Union has sparked a debate about the control that China may be seeking to take over European economies. Quite naturally these concerns have led to repeated calls that action be taken to slow down, if not to halt entirely, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134323
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Regional Trade Agreements and Enterprises in Southeast Asia
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
The spread of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Southeast Asia has ignited a debate about their impact on business, and ways to avoid raising the business costs from the Asian ‘noodle bowl’ effect. This paper undertakes a comparative and firm-level analysis of the impact of RTAs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134331
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Constructing and Multilateralizing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership : An Asian Perspective
Urata, Shujiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
In May 2013 the ASEAN+6 countries began to negotiate the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The objective of this paper is to analyze the feasibility of constructing such a region-wide agreement and to examine ways to multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134354
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement : Looking Ahead to the Next Steps
Elms, Deborah Kay - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
Pressure has been building for the conclusion of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Getting the deal done is important, but the TPP is not just another free trade agreement (FTA). It represents the chance to set a trade agenda for the future across a wide range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134355