comparison of Asia's regional integration performance with those of other regions of the world. As a second step, the constructed … indicator of regional integration outcomes is used as the output variable in a data envelopment analysis (DEA) to estimate Asia …

In this paper, we propose a panel approach in the construction of the Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration … principal components analysis. Findings suggest the pace of integration in Asia was broadly steady over the 11-year sample …. Based on global normalization, Asia comes second to the European Union (EU) in progress on regional integration, but in …

Recent years have seen the emergence of a considerable volume of literature on governance and its role in economic and … number of serious conceptual, measurement, and data issues as well as the existence of an Asian governance paradox - i.e., a … general disjunction between growth and governance in most Asian economies. This paradox seems to suggest that much of the …

Asian economies and between Asia and the rest of the world. It pays special attention to the value-added relationships among … than the direct linkages. Finally, there is an increased tendency in Asia for both "near selling" of the value added in …

The issue of decoupling is controversial. On the back of Asia's sustained high growth, the hypothesis that the region …'s business cycles would become increasingly independent of the global trend gained considerable attention. Asia was nonetheless … of macroeconomic interdependence between emerging East Asia and Group of 3 economies. First, the progress of regional …

Governance is one of the key factors that shape the economic performance of an economy in terms of economic and trade … growth. However, accurately measuring the quality of governance is not an easy task. Research typically uses governance … governance indicator, which is free from perception and subjective biases. Our exercise is based on the inference that economies …

This paper attempts to provide a clear and comprehensive picture of trade integration in Asia, using a trade linkage … in terms of cross-regional comparisons and time series analyses. Next, since Asia is a group of heterogeneous economies … integration in Asia. The analysis includes the (i) regional introversion of each subregion, (ii) intersubregional trade linkage …

developing Asia's exports and growth. As a result, developing Asian countries are increasingly looking to the People's Republic … trade with the PRC can become an engine of growth for developing Asia. To do so, we examine the structure of PRC's trade … with developing Asia, in particular the relative shares of parts and components versus final goods in its imports from the …