for Asia's integration process. … unparalleled level of regional economic integration in the postwar period. Intensive cooperation between the two biggest powers of … continental Western Europe, France, and Germany, lay at the core of Europe's seemingly relentless momentum toward integration …

Theories of regional integration typically analyze the regional integration process from the perspective of a single … complexity of the inherently multi-dimensional regional integration process. To address the problem, we propose the regional … integration evaluation (RIE) methodology which is based on four dimensions of development - economic, political, social and …

In this paper, we examine the evolution of intra-East Asian financial integration from 2001 to 2013. Most existing … analysis based on financial gravity equations. However, the gap between global integration and regional integration has … of 2013. These results point to a possible benefit from strengthening regional financial integration. Deeper regional …

Expanding trade with East Asia’s "Big Three" economic giants - the People's Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the …-Japan, ASEAN–Republic of Korea, and ASEAN+3). Our qualitative analysis is based on the theory of economic integration, and our …

The European Union (EU) has traditionally been an important economic partner for Asia. In addition to absorbing a … into the region. In light of such close economic linkages between the EU and Asia, the euro crisis will undoubtedly … influence Asia's short-term macroeconomic outlook. The key question, however, is how big the impact will be. This paper tries to …

international trade markets and international financial markets together in the short and long run between Asia and Europe …