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The determinants of east asian regionalism

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  • Fithra Faisal Hastiadi

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ABSTRACTEast Asia has been experiencing an epic progress of regionalism overthe last decade with China, Japan, and Korea (CJK) as the most prominentactors. Regionally speaking, East Asia has been nurtured by a market-drivenexpansion of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) that leads the bottomupregionalism process. However, this paper argues that the bottom-up processalone is not enough since a more institutionalized approach is needed. From astatic panel data simulation, it is found that sound transportation infrastructure,good governance, competitive taxation policies, sizeable markets, goodeducation, democracy and the trend towards industrialization are the mainfactors that serve as building blocks for East Asian regionalism.___________RESUMENAsia oriental ha experimentado un progreso épico del regionalismo enla última década, con China, Japón y Corea (CJK), como los actores más destacados.Regionalmente hablando, Asia oriental ha sido alimentado por unaexpansión impulsada por el mercado del comercio y la inversión extranjeradirecta (IED) que lidera el proceso de regionalismo, de abajo hacia arriba. Sinembargo, este trabajo sostiene que el proceso de abajo hacia arriba por sí solono es suficiente, ya que se necesita un enfoque más institucional. Desde unpanel de simulación estática de datos, se comprueba que la infraestructurade transporte, el buen gobierno, políticas de competencia fiscal, los mercadosde gran envergadura, buena educación, la democracia y la tendencia haciala industrialización son los principales factores que sirven como bloques deconstrucción para el regionalismo de asia oriental.

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  • Fithra Faisal Hastiadi, 2011. "The determinants of east asian regionalism," Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica, Universidad Católica de Colombia, vol. 3(2), pages 13-26, December.
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    Keywords

    regionalism; panel data; East Asia; trade: regionalismo; data panel; asia oriental; comercio;
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    JEL classification:

    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • R13 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
    • N15 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Asia including Middle East

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