Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration

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146: Trans-Pacific Partnership versus Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Control of Membership and Agenda Setting

Shintaro Hamanaka

145: The ASEAN Economy in the Regional Context: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policy Options

Giovanni Capannelli

144: ASEAN Commercial Policy: A Rare Case of Outward-Looking Regional Integration

Hal Hill and Jayant Menon

143: Modern Services Export Performances among Emerging and Developed Asian Economies

Shahbaz Nasir and Kaliappa Kalirajan

142: Global Value-Chains and Connectivity in Developing Asia - with application to the Central and West Asian region

Richard Pomfret and Patricia Sourdin

141: Trade Policy Challenges in a Small, Open, Fragile, Postconflict Economy: Cambodia

Hal Hill and Jayant Menon

140: From Spaghetti Bowl to Jigsaw Puzzle? Addressing the Disarray in the World Trade System

Jayant Menon

139: Business Cycle Synchronization in Asia: The Role of Financial and Trade Linkages

Yuwen Dai

138: World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Facilitation: Assessing the Level of Ambition and Likely Impacts

Shintaro Hamanaka

137: The Progress of Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Enabling International Supply Chain Integration

Sung Heun Ha and Sang Won Lim

136: How Capital Flows Affect Economy-Wide Vulnerability and Inequality: Flow-of-Funds Analysis of Selected Asian Economies

Iwan Azis and Damaris Lee Yarcia

135: Has Regional Integration Led to Greater Risk-Sharing in Asia?

Thiam Ng and Damaris Lee Yarcia

134: Financial Monitoring in the New ASEAN-5 Countries

Se Hee Lim and Noel G. Reyes

133: Equity Home Bias, Financial Integration, and Regulatory Reforms: Implications for Emerging Asia

Cyn-Young Park and Rogelio Mercado

132: Study of Non-Notified Trade Agreements to the World Trade Organization: The Case of Asia and Pacific Region

Shintaro Hamanaka

131: The Nexus between Antidumping Petitions and Exports during the Global Financial Crisis: Evidence on the People’s Republic of China

Faqin Lin, Hsiao Chink Tang and Lin Wang

130: Analysis of Informal Obstacles to Cross-Border Economic Activity in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Roman Vakulchuk and Farrukh Irnazarov

129: Why do Countries enter into Preferential Agreements on Trade in Services? Assessing the Potential for Negotiated Regulatory Convergence in Asian Services Markets

Pierre Sauvé and Anirudh Shingal

128: The Investment Version of the Asian Noodle Bowl: The Proliferation of International Investment Agreements

Julien Chaisse and Shintaro Hamanaka

127: The End of Grand Expectations: Monetary and Financial Integration After the Crisis in Europe

Heribert Dieter

126: Assessing the trade impacts of the ASEAN+6 FTA: the case of Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy, Hsiao Chink Tang and Alisa DiCaprio

125: South Caucasus–People's Republic of China Bilateral Free Trade Agreements: Why It Matters

Hasmik Hovhanesian and Heghine Manasyan

124: Explaining Foreign Holdings of Asia’s Debt Securities

Charles Yuji Horioka, Takaaki Nomoto and Akiko Terada-Hagiwara

123: Can Low Interest Rates be Harmful: An Assessment of the Bank Risk-Taking Channel in Asia

Arief Ramayandi, Umang Rawat and Hsiao Chink Tang

122: Terms of Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Development: A Case of Intra-Asian “Kicking Away the Ladder”?

Konstantin Wacker, Philipp Großkurth and Tabea Lakemann

121: Capital Market Financing for SMEs: A Growing Need in Emerging Asia

Shigehiro Shinozaki

120: FDI Technology Spillovers and Spatial Diffusion in the People’s Republic of China

Mi Lin and Yum K. Kwan

119: Learning by Exporting: Evidence from India

Apoorva Gupta, Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah

118: The Financial Role of East Asian Economies in Global Imbalances: An Econometric Assessment of Developments after the Global Financial Crisis

Hyun-Hoon Lee and Donghyun Park

117: What is Economic Corridor Development and What Can It Achieve in Asia’s Subregions?

Hans-Peter Brunner

116: Impact of Eurozone Financial Shocks on Southeast Asian Economies

Jayant Menon and Thiam Ng

115: The Role of International Trade in Employment Growth in Micro- and Small Enterprises: Evidence from Developing Asia

Jens Krüger

114: The People's Republic of China's Financial Policy and Regional Cooperation in the Midst of Global Headwinds

Iwan Azis

113: On the Use of FTAs: A Review of Research Methodologies

Shintaro Hamanaka

112: Supporting the Growth and Spread of International Production Networks in Asia: How Can Trade Policy Help?

Jayant Menon

111: Exporting and Innovation: Theory and Firm-Level Evidence from the People's Republic of China

Faqin Lin and Hsiao Chink Tang

110: Can Global Value Chains Effectively Serve Regional Economic Development in Asia?

Hans-Peter Brunner

109: Preferential and Non-Preferential Approaches to Trade Liberalization in East Asia: What Differences Do Utilization Rates and Reciprocity Make?

Jayant Menon

108: Cross-Regional Comparison of Trade Integration: The Case of Services

Shintaro Hamanaka

107: Hot Money Flows, Commodity Price Cycles, and Financial Repression in the US and the People’s Republic of China: The Consequences of Near Zero US Interest Rates

Ronald McKinnon and Zhao Liu

106: The Threat of Financial Contagion to Emerging Asia’s Local Bond Markets: Spillovers from Global Crises

Iwan Azis, Sabyasachi Mitra, Anthony Baluga and Roselle Dime

105: Critical Review of East Asia – South America Trade

Shintaro Hamanaka and Aiken Tafgar

104: A New Regime of SME Finance in Emerging Asia: Empowering Growth-Oriented SMEs to Build Resilient National Economies

Shigehiro Shinozaki

103: Japan’s Education Services Imports: Branch Campus or Subsidiary Campus?

Shintaro Hamanaka

102: Anatomy of South–South FTAs in Asia: Comparisons with Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands

Shintaro Hamanaka

101: Different Types of Firms, Products, and Directions of Trade: The Case of the People’s Republic of China

Hyun-Hoon Lee, Donghyun Park and Jing Wang

100: Narrowing the Development Divide in ASEAN: The Role of Policy

Jayant Menon

99: The Impact of ACFTA on People’s Republic of China–ASEAN Trade: Estimates Based on an Extended Gravity Model for Component Trade

Yu Sheng, Hsiao Chink Tang and Xinpeng Xu

98: ASEAN-China Free Trade Area and the Competitiveness of Local Industries: A Case Study of Major Industries in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Leebeer Leebouapao, Sthabandith Insisienmay and Vanthana Nolintha

97: Determinants of Local Currency Bonds and Foreign Holdings: Implications for Bond Market Development in the People’s Republic of China

Kee-Hong Bae