This special issue aims to shed light on the multi dimensional aspects of economic integration among the world's vast, distinct, and two adjacent regions on the continental scale: that is, Asia and Europe. Distinguished researchers weave various strands of economic integration between Asia and...

The Belt and Road Initiative, recently embarked on by China, aims to improve cross-border infrastructure in order to reduce transportation costs across a massive geographical area between China and Europe. We estimate how much trade might be created among Belt and Road countries as a consequence...

This paper reviews the existing evidence on the impact of foreign banks in the financial stability of the countries where they operate. Foreign banks seem to increase the stability of credit supply. Second, there is no evidence that foreign ownership increases the probability of a banking...