This paper examines the developments of cross-border portfolio assets and liabilities in the Asia and Pacific region …. Limited capital inflows to debt securities issued by emerging Asia may be attributable to the early stages of bond market … reflects Japan's preference toward debt securities. Other Asia and Pacific economies have invested more heavily in foreign …

trade agreements (PTAs) are driving this trend in Asia and the Pacific as well as in Central and South America, and the … under negotiation or in force. In this regard, Asia and the Pacific has developed a rapidly evolving regional economic … Economic Partnership (or ASEAN+6 RCEP), as well as the putative Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), which …

results show that comprehensive continent-wide economic integration in Asia is unlikely to happen soon, since the integration … is confined mainly to East and Southeast Asia, while other regions are much less integrated and globalized. The … explain the success of the Asia model. Unlike the experience of the EU, the model is heavily market-driven and private …

Europe and Asia followed very different paths to economic integration after 1945. By 2000, an economic union with free … integration agreements were absent from Asia, although countries in East and Southeast Asia were becoming linked in global value …-called WTO+ issues). The outcome will be greater economic integration in Europe and Asia of countries seeking to benefit from …

agreements is of paramount importance given the phenomenal economic performance of Asia. Against this backdrop this paper tries … to describe the nature and extent of developmental and growth asymmetries in Asia. Some conceptual aspects of growth … to some other prominent regions of the world. The paper finds some evidence of growth divergence among East Asia Summit …

provide pragmatic evidence of trade integration from the digitalization in Asia. Moreover, in identifying the factors … digitalization in Asia. The Bayesian approach of the gravity model gives robust estimates for determining the impact factor for the … integration can be implemented across Asia with evidence and robust estimates of the gravity model, including robustness checking …