) model. The paper estimates the potential gains to be large, particularly for South Asia, assuming that the policy- and … attainable - welfare in South Asia and Southeast Asia would rise by 8.9% and 6.4% of gross domestic product, respectively, by … Asia, whose exports would rise by two thirds (64% relative to the baseline). Hence, the paper concludes that improvements …

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a large trade negotiation among 16 countries of Asia Pacific …

The present paper studies the variety gains of regional integration in Asia. Applying a heterogenous firm model we are … representative firms. We analyse the impacts of the ongoing trade liberalisa­tion in South East Asia in three scenarios: CIFTA, ASEAN … representative firms. Similarly, due to the additional gains from variety growth, the welfare gains of trade integration in Asia are …