Economic determinants of economic integration agreements (EIAs) have received ample attention in the economic … context of conflict. In this paper I suggest a different narrative. Economic integration could be used as an instrument of … exhibits the proposed mechanism in which a big country chooses between alternatives for integration in terms of economic and …

promoted by sweeping economic cooperation incentives. -- Central Asia ; China ; Russia ; Governance ; Regional Integration … Asia as the most-likely case, considering both Russia and China as relevant external actors. We develop a concept for our … influences in Central Asia and that (unintentionally) China’s doing-business approach may in fact promote institutional change …

In this paper, we analyse effects of EU integration on Asian countries. Since the early 1990s, it is especially the … trade creation effect of monetary integration (so-called Rose effect) which is heavily debated in the literature. Recent … between EU, US, and Japanese exports to Asia on the one hand and Asian and European exports to industrialized countries on the …

The ongoing process of European integration is likely to increase trade and factor mobility thereby increasing …