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Is the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Area (AKFTA) an Optimal Free Trade Area?

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Park, Donghyun () (Asian Development Bank)
Park, Innwon () (Division of International Studies, Korea University)
Estrada, Gemma Esther B. () (Asian Development Bank)

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The 1997/98 Asian currency crisis has led a once high-flying East Asia to realize its vulnerability to external shocks. This realization has given strong impetus to greater economic integration among East Asian economies, with the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Area (AKFTA) a case in point. This paper qualitatively and quantitatively examines the economic feasibility of AKFTA: qualitatively using the theory of economic integration, and quantitatively by applying a CGE model. Our two-dimensional analysis provides some, but not overwhelming, support for AKFTA's prospects as an effective means of promoting trade between ASEAN and the Republic of Korea.

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Paper provided by Asian Development Bank in its series Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration with number 21.

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Length: 28 pages
Date of creation: 01 Nov 2008
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Keywords: ASEAN; Korea; trade; free trade area; economic integration;

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F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Country and Industry Studies of Trade
F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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