East Asia's de Facto Economic Integration

Name: East Asia's de Facto Economic Integration
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ISBN: 9780230007826

ISBN-10: 0230007821

ISBN-13: 9780230007826

Edition: 2006

Authors: Daisuke Hiratsuka, Daisake Hiratsuka

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It is often claimed that de facto economic integration has proceeded in East Asia, yet this is only true in part. Few studies have been conducted on the extent of the integration and what sort of integration has been accomplished. Currently economic integration in East Asia has not reached the level of that in the European Union with East Asia's trajectory seeming to be different from the path on which Europe once advanced. The nature and characteristics of de facto economic integration are also crucially important and this book presents a deeper understanding of the on-going de facto economic integration in East Asia.

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 269
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

DAISAKE HIRATSUKA is Director of the Regional Integration Studies Group and Director of the APEC Studies Centre at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO. He serves as Visiting Professor of Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. He has been Coordinator of research project titled Challenges for East Asia since 2003, and presented many papers and lectures related to regionalization and regionalism in East Asia.



List of Figures


List of Tables


Foreword


Acknowledgements


Contributors


Introduction: East Asia's De Facto Economic Integration




The Development of Fragmentation in East Asia and its Implications for FTAs




De facto integration in East Asia



The mechanics of fragmentation in East Asia



Evolving patterns of industrial location and international trade



Policy background and the implication for regional integration



Conclusion



Intra-Industry Trade and Economic Integration




Introduction



Measurement of intra-industry trade



Empirics of intra-industry trade



Determinants of intra-industry trade



Estimated model



Estimation results



Concluding remarks



Production Networks and Spatial Linkages in East Asia




Introduction



Trade in East Asia



Spatial linkages in East Asia



Conclusion



Catching Up of Manufacturing Cum De Facto Economic Integration in East Asia




Introduction



Development stages of the "catching up" process



The inter-industry catching up cycle



Intra-Industry catching up cycle



Development of intra-regional trade



Summary and conclusion



China's Specialization in East Asian Production Sharing




Introduction



International production sharing in East Asia



China in the international division of labor in East Asia



Vertical specialization, high-tech trade and regional integration



The impact of China's emergence on Asian trade



Conclusion



Vertical Intra-Regional Production Networks in East Asia: a Case Study of the Hard Disc Drive Industry




Introduction



Industrial clusters formed by core firms and suppliers



Concentration and dispersion of hard disc drive (HDD) assembly in East Asia



Clusters of HDD suppliers



Vertical intra-regional production networks



Summary and conclusion



A Comparison of De Jure Economic Integration in East Asia: Is East Asia Discriminating Against Itself?




Introduction



Methodology



Is East Asia discriminating against itself?



Which East Asian countries protect their domestic markets most from East Asian neighbor?



What are the major motivations underlying the tariff structure in East Asia?



Which countries are facing the highest levels of protection in East Asia?



Are there asymmetries in the level of protection between tariffs faced and applied?



Conclusion



Regionalization in East Asia: Simulations Using a CGE Model Mirage




Introduction



Barriers to trade



Regionalization simulation with Mirage



Regional impacts: trade creation is driving regionalization in East Asia



Detailed results by country or by zone



Prospects of regionalization in East Asia: some tentative wishful thinking



Summary and conclusions


Index