This paper demonstrates that the East Asian economies have achieved strong economic
interdependence, particularly through external liberalization, domestic structural reforms and …

'Given the remarkable increase in regional integration agreements [RIAs] in the past decade,
understanding of their economic rationale and consequences is essential. Schiff and …

This book explores the phenomenon of regionalism. In a seeming contradiction to
globalization, there is a growing tendency for countries to enter into regional arrangements …

In recent years International Security has published a large number of articles and
exchanges articulating the advantages and shortcomings of different analytical perspectives …

The proliferation of regional economic agreements involving East Asian economies in the
years since the financial crises is usually explained in the political economy literature by …

Since the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997–98, East Asian economies have sought to make
themselves less vulnerable to global financial markets by transforming the regional financial …

Trade protection costs the European Community between 6 and 7 percent of its gross
domestic product, or the equivalent of the annual economic output of Spain. Continuing the …

This paper reviews the evolution of the intensity of interdependence in East Asia. In earlier
work (Petri, PA 1993.“The East Asian trading bloc: An analytical history,” in: Jeffrey A …

Since the financial crisis in the late 1990s, Asian governments have been considering
strengthening regional monetary and financial cooperation. Proposals have ranged from the …

The salience of East Asia in the global economy is now unquestionable, and with a
population of nearly 1.9 billion, its expanding markets will strongly influence the tempo of …