This collection of selected studies by well-known experts in major Asian countries surveys, discusses and analyzes emerging problems and challenges facing them. It proposes prescriptions for better regional economic integration and more effective economic management in the future. The book's...

Regional integration seems to be thriving everywhere, as the examples of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the North Atlantic Free Trade Area (NAFTA) and the Southern Common Market will illustrate. More ambitious schemes, such as Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and...

This book applies a spatial economics perspective to the understanding of the recent dynamism of the global economy, with particular focus on East Asia, and examines the prospects of regional integration in East Asia

This book presents a deeper understanding of the on-going de facto economic integration in East Asia, looking at the extent of economic integration, what sort of integration has been accomplished, and comparing the level of integration reached and the path followed to that of the European Union

More than half of the world's sovereign states are small economies. The majority are in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin. For small economies, the globalization process involves opportunities, but also important risks because of their vulnerability and lack of diversification. This...

Die Regionalisierungstendenzen des Lateinamerikahandels haben seit Beginn der 90er Jahre neuen Auftrieb bekommen. In Amerika gibt es derzeit vier Wirtschaftsräume: NAFTA (North American Free Trade Association; Nordamerika, Mexiko), MERCOSUR (Mercado Comun en el Cono Sur; Argentinien, Brasilien,...

Preface -- Contents -- Part I The Formation of Free Trade Agreements -- 1 Expansion of Free Trade Agreements, Overlapping Free Trade Agreements, and Market Size -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Model -- 1.3 Preliminary Results -- 1.3.1 Initial Situation: No FTA -- 1.3.2 Feasibility of Bilateral...