The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth: Case of ASEAN-5 Countries

Balasubramaniam Arunnan (), Mansor Shazali Abu () and Chin-Hong Puah
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Balasubramaniam Arunnan: Department of Economics, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, (Perak Campus), Kampar 31900, Malaysia
Mansor Shazali Abu: UNIMAS Business School, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan Sarawak, Malaysia

Global Economy Journal, 2016, vol. 16, issue 4, 745-768

Abstract: This paper studies how regional trade among ASEAN-5 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) help in expanding the member countries’ output. This paper applies ARDL bound testing approach with instrumental variables to explore the relationship and finds that estimates is in range of 0.27–0.55 %. The paper concludes that trade integration should be promoted in order to stimulate economic growth within each country.

Keywords: trade integration; output; ASEAN-5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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