The economics of East Asian integration : a comprehensive introduction to regional issues

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Title:

The economics of East Asian integration : a comprehensive introduction to regional issues

Author:

Fujita, Masahisa.

ISBN:

9780857930118

Publication Information:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Physical Description:

x, 524 s.

General Note:

Contents: Introduction Masahisa Fujita, Ikuo Kuroiwa and Satoru Kumagai PAR I: FACTS AND THEORIES 1. A History of De Fact Economic Integration in East Asia Ikuo Kuroiwa and Satoru Kumagai 2. Analytical Framework for East Asian Integration (1): Industrial Agglomeration and Concentrated Dispersion Koji Nishikimi and Ikuo Kuroiwa 3. Analytical Framework for East Asian Integration (2): Evolution of Industrial Location and Regional Disparity Koji Nishikimi and Ikuo Kuroiwa PART II: INTEGRATION (1): PRODUCTION NETWORKS AND INNOVATION 4. International Production/Distribution Networks in East Asia Mitsuyo Ando 5. Theories on FDI and the Behavior of MNEs in East Asia Ho Yeon Kim and Toshitaka Gokan 6. Productivity, R&D, and Intellectual Property Rights in East Asia and India Kensuke Kubo PART III: INTEGRAION (2): AGRICULTURE, SERVICES, LABOUR, AND MONEY 7. Agricultural Issues Related to East Asia's Economic Integration Masayoshi Honma 8. Services Trade and Investment Liberalisation.

Abstract:

This volume is intended to be the most comprehensive textbook on economic integration in East Asia.

Added Author:

Fujita, Masahisa.

Kuroiwa, Ikuo.

Kumagai, Satoru.

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This study is intended to be the most comprehensive textbook on economic integration in East Asia. It introduces the reader to various issues related to the topic such as institutional building of FTAs; production networks and the location choice of MNEs; R&D and innovation; infrastructure development and transport costs; international migration and service trade; monetary integration; regional disparity and poverty. It also deals with critical energy, environmental and agricultural concerns. Each chapter contains ample data and rigorous analyses, complemented by illustrative box articles.

Covering a wide range of aspects surrounding economic integration in East Asia, this well-researched text will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of development studies, regional economics and Asian studies. It will be of particular value to those on courses concerned with economic and regional integration.

Contributors include: M. Ando, B.N. Bhattacharyay, C. Findlay, M. Fujita, T. Gokan, N. Hamaguchi, D. Hiratsuka, M. Honma, N. Horii, I. Isono, K. Kawasaki, H.-Y. Kim, M. Kojima, H. Kono, K. Kubo, S. Kumagai, I. Kuroiwa, T. Machikita, E. Michida, K. Nishikimi, E. Ogawa, J. Okamoto, W. Zhao