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Economic Integration in East Asia: Trends, Prospects, and a Possible Roadmap

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Rana, Pradumna B. () (Asian Development Bank)
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This paper reviews trends in East Asian regionalism in the areas of trade and investment, money and finance, and infrastructure. It presents various measures of trade and financial integration. An important finding of the paper is that increasing trade and financial integration in the region is now starting to lead to a synchronization of business cycles in a selected group of countries, further enhancing the case for monetary integration among these countries. The paper also outlines a roadmap for East Asian integration.

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Paper provided by Asian Development Bank in its series Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration with number 2.

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Length: 26 pages
Date of creation: 01 Jul 2006
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Keywords: ASEAN/East Asian economic cooperation and integration; business cycle synchronization; free trade agreements; policy coordination;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

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