Trade and Industrial Development in East Asia : Catching up or Falling Behind

Chow, Peter C. Y.

ISBN 10: 1849804826 / ISBN 13: 9781849804820

Published by Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trade and Industrial Development in East Asia : Catching up or Falling Behind
• Publisher: Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849804826
• ISBN 13: 9781849804820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.671 pounds

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Synopsis

Trade as an engine of growth has played a catalyst role in East Asian development; through vigorous study of performances in past decades, East Asian trade and industrialization experiences may offer some lessons for other developing countries. This book covers trade and industrial structures for ten countries and regions including Japan, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.

The author addresses the comparative advantages and trade similarity indices of Asian economies from regional and global perspectives. He also analyzes the impacts of regional trade agreements from both member and non-member countries' perspectives. After a vigorous examination of the sources of export growth by the methodology of the constant market share analysis, the book examines the trade-investment nexus, the development of fragmentation of manufacturing production, and trade in parts and components as the dominant trade flows after the mid-1980s. It then studies the trade complementarity index among countries to further pursue the analysis of natural trading partners, and looks at the Krugman-Baldwin hub-spoke thesis by empirically identifying the 'degree of hub-ness' in three major markets in China, Japan, and the USA. Various scenarios of economic integration in East Asia are assessed and an open regionalism is proposed for East Asian economic integration and sustainable development in the conclusion of the book.

Students and researchers of international trade, economic development, and Asian Studies will find the data and analyses in the volume invaluable in understanding the economic development of the Asia Pacific.

About the Author

Peter C.Y. Chow, Professor of Economics, City College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, US