ASEAN’s limited regional Integration spells globalisation, not Failure
Jayant Menon (jmenon1@gmail.com)
Departmental Working Papers from The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics
Abstract:
In assessing regionalism, it has become customary to look to the European experience to serve as a benchmark against which all other regional integration programs are judged. But ASEAN is different. Compared to Europe, it is outward- rather than inward-looking, market rather than government driven, and institution light rather than heavy. These differences reflect the very different motivations and objectives of the two regional programs. ASEAN’s success lies in its almost unique achievement of using regionalism for globalisation. The metrics that we use to assess regionalism must reflect true objectives, even if they lie below the surface. Widely used indicators such as shares of intra-regional trade and investment not only fail to capture the real story, but they can point in the wrong direction.
Keywords: Regionalism; Globalisation; ASEAN (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F14 F15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2021
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