The Economics of East Asian Integration: A Comprehensive Introduction to Regional Issues
Co-publication with Other Foreign Publishers
Edward Elgar
This volume 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.
■ The Economics of East Asian Integration: A Comprehensive Introduction to Regional Issues
■ Edited by Masahisa Fujita, Ikuo Kuroiwa, and Satoru Kumagai
■ ￡125.00
■ 524pp
■ 2011
■ ISBN978-0-85793-011-8
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Masahisa Fujita, Ikuo Kuroiwa and Satoru Kumagai
PART I FACTS AND THEORIES
1. A history of de facto 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, LABOR, AND MONEY
7. Agricultural issues related to East Asia’s economic integration
Masayoshi Honma
8. Services trade and investment liberalization
Christopher Findlay
9. Economic integration and international migration in East Asia
Tomohiro Machikita
10. Monetary integration in East Asia
Eiji Ogawa and Kentaro Kawasaki
PART IV DRIVERS OF INTEGRATION
11. Institutional building for economic integration in East Asia: a brief history
Jiro Okamoto
12. Institutions and policy coordination for further integration
Daisuke Hiratsuka
13. Economic integration and the expansion of trade and transport networks
Ikumo Isono
14. Infrastructure connectivity for East Asia’s economic integration
Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay
PART V COHESION AND SUSTAINABILITY
15. Economic integration and regional disparities in East Asia
Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Wei Zhao
16. Economic integration and poverty
Hisaki Kono
17. Energy bottlenecks and cooperation
Nobuhiro Horii
18. Trade and the environment
Michikazu Kojima and Etsuyo Michida
19. New challenges and directions for East Asian integration
Masahisa Fujita, Ikuo Kuroiwa and Satoru Kumagai
Index