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Evaluating economic integration in ASEAN: perspectives from a cluster analysis

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  • Maria Estela Varua
  • Arlene Garces-Ozanne

    (School of Economics and Finance, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia)

  • Rachel Benic

    (Department of Economics, University of Otago, New Zealand)

Abstract

This paper uses hierarchical cluster analysis to examine the degree of economic integration among member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Japan, China and the Republic of Korea during three time periods: 1969-1984, 1985-1994 and 1995-2009. The results indicate that the five founding members of ASEAN, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, have become less integrated over time. Moreover, the region as a whole does not appear to have attained the degree of integration that was hoped for at the time the Association was established 30 years ago.

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  • Maria Estela Varua & Arlene Garces-Ozanne & Rachel Benic, 2010. "Evaluating economic integration in ASEAN: perspectives from a cluster analysis," Asia-Pacific Development Journal, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), vol. 17(2), pages 43-63, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:unt:jnapdj:v:17:y:2010:i:2:p:43-63
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    2. Lim, Lee K., 2005. "A dollar or yen currency union in East Asia," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 68(5), pages 507-516.
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    Keywords

    ASEAN; economic integration; cluster analysis; Japan; China; Republic of Korea; Asian economies;
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    JEL classification:

    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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