investigations suggest that (i) using the quantity measure there is a significant increase in real integration within East Asia; (ii … cross-country consumption relation did not change much; (iv) the degree of regional financial integration within Asia is far … lags real integration, especially for regional integration within Asia. …

Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years … sequence, is there a case for monetary union in East Asia? Is there a case for expanded free-trade areas (FTAs) in the region … Equilibrium (CGE) model, to evaluate the economics of monetary/financial integration and various configurations of FTAs in Asia …

The future creation of a region-wide economic agreement in Asia has become the hot issue among trade policymakers in … the region. The APEC 2010 Summit Statement clearly states that the members should pursue a Free Trade Area of the Asia … (TPP). This paper considers the path or sequencing towards a future region-wide economic agreement in Asia, both …

of rules to existing FTAs in Asia (both intra- and extra-regional) to guage the degree to which they approach best …