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D. Qiu, Larry; K. Kwan, Yum - In: Journal of Economic Integration 25 (2010), pp. 1-31

The ASEAN+3 proposal has attracted attention in Asia and the world. We argue that a free trade agreement (FTA) for ASEAN+3 is beneficial to all member countries due to three factors: (i) existing and expected vertical foreign direct investment linkage between Japan/Korea and ASEAN member...

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South – East Asian Integration in the Context of OIC: Implications of Free Trade among Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh

ACAR, Mustafa; ALPAY, Savas - In: Journal of Economic Integration 24 (2009), pp. 1-18

, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. This could be seen as a first step to investigate the possible gains from more comprehensive economic … framework, we investigate the impact of full trade liberalization among Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh. One should stress … Indonesia and Malaysia while leading to some welfare loss for Bangladesh. Based on the results, it can be suggested that …

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Air Passenger Transport In The APEC: Regulatory Impacts and Prospects for Asia Pacific Integration

Grosso, Massimo Geloso - In: Journal of Economic Integration 27 (2012), pp. 312-327

This study aims at assessing the prospects for a more liberal air passenger transport regime in the Asia Pacific region under the auspices of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). The decades-old bilateral air services regime has been under pressure to reform for several years....

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How Can South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Gain From the Next WTO Round?

Anderson, Kym; Yao, Shunli - In: Journal of Economic Integration 18 (2003), pp. 466-481

If South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are to become constructively engaged in the next attempt by World Trade Organization (WTO) members to liberalize trade multilaterally, they need to be convinced that there will be sufficient gains from trade reform to warrant the inevitable costs of...

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Inter-Regional and Intra-Regional Trade in East Asia: Recent Developments and Aggregate Bilateral Trade Elasticities

Nagano, Mamoru - In: Journal of Economic Integration 18 (2003), pp. 105-125

selected crisis countries, i.e., Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Korea are evolved by looking at descriptive …

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Assessing the Political Economy Factors on Trade Integration : Rules of Origin under NAFTA

Portugal-Perez, Alberto - In: Journal of Economic Integration 26 (2011), pp. 276-305

Rules of origin (RoO) are legitimate policy instruments to prevent trade deflection in a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) short of a customs union. Yet, when captured by special interest groups, RoO can restrict trade beyond what is needed to prevent trade deflection. By how much do political...

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The Free Trade Agreement Between the United States and Morocco: The Importance of a Gradual and Assymetric Agreement

Sadni Jallab, Mustapha; Abdelmalki, Lahsen - In: Journal of Economic Integration 22 (2007), pp. 852-887

The agreement recently signed between Morocco and the United States foresees several modalities in dismantling tariffs. Our simulations show that the various modalities of trade liberalization may have different impacts on the welfare, the rate of growth and the sectoral trade balance of these...

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Saving Multilateralism in a higgledy-piggledy Trading System

Jovanović, Miroslav N.; Damnjanović, Jelena - In: Journal of Economic Integration 30 (2015), pp. 29-65

Whether international economic integration arrangements result in a more liberal trade at the multilateral level cannot be proven with ease. Integration may start this process, but it may also reverse it. New mega-integration deals such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Regional Comprehensive...

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Regionalism and Incentives for Multilateralism

Andriamananjara, Soamiely - In: Journal of Economic Integration 15 (2000), pp. 1-18

The paper studies the effects of regional integration on the incentives of mem - bers and non-members to undertake multilateral trade liberalization. Using a three- country political economy model with imperfect competion, it shows how regionalism can undermine support for multilateralism....

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The Trade Impact of Enhanced Multimodal Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific Region

Shepherd, Ben; B. Serafica, Ramonette - In: Journal of Economic Integration 26 (2011), pp. 624-650

This paper develops new measures of multimodal transport connectivity, and uses a gravity model to show that improving performance could lead to major trade gains for the Asia-Pacific region. By improving multimodal connectivity by 5%, APEC would increase exports by around 4%, or between 2% and...

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