The Economics of East Asian Integration: A Comprehensive Introduction to Regional Issues - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857930117 ISBN 13: 9780857930118

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

This study is intended to be the most comprehensive textbook on economic integration in East Asia. It introduces the reader to various issues related to the topic such as institutional building of FTAs; production networks and the location choice of MNEs; R&D and innovation; infrastructure development and transport costs; international migration and service trade; monetary integration; regional disparity and poverty. It also deals with critical energy, environmental and agricultural concerns. Each chapter contains ample data and rigorous analyses, complemented by illustrative box articles.

Covering a wide range of aspects surrounding economic integration in East Asia, this well-researched text will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of development studies, regional economics and Asian studies. It will be of particular value to those on courses concerned with economic and regional integration.

Contributors include: M. Ando, B.N. Bhattacharyay, C. Findlay, M. Fujita, T. Gokan, N. Hamaguchi, D. Hiratsuka, M. Honma, N. Horii, I. Isono, K. Kawasaki, H.-Y. Kim, M. Kojima, H. Kono, K. Kubo, S. Kumagai, I. Kuroiwa, T. Machikita, E. Michida, K. Nishikimi, E. Ogawa, J. Okamoto, W. Zhao

About this title

About the Author:

Edited by Masahisa Fujita, President, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Professor, Konan University and Professor, Kyoto University, Japan, Ikuo Kuroiwa, Director General, Development Studies Center, IDE-JETRO, Japan and Satoru Kumagai, Director, Economic Integration Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, IDE-JETRO, Japan

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857930117
• ISBN 13: 9780857930118
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544
• Editor: Fujita Masahisa, Kuroiwa Ikuo, Kumagai Satoru