Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Introduction International Economic Integration And Asia: An Overview -- An Overview of East Asian Integration -- The EU and Asia: Lessons and Statistics -- Overview of the Book -- References -- 1. East Asian Economic Regionalism: Progress and Challenges -- The Logic of Economic Regionalism in East Asia -- Initiatives for Economic Regionalism -- Challenges for Closer Economic Regionalism in East Asia -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2. Sequencing Regional Integration in Asia -- Regional Integration 1947-1997 - Did Asia Miss Out? -- Regional Integration in East Asia 1997-2005 -- Can Monetary Union Lead Regional Integration? -- What are the Obstacles to Regional Integration? -- Application to East Asia -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. ASEAN+3: Is an Economic Community in Their Future? -- The EU Development and Integration Experience -- The Development Experience of Japan and China -- The Evolution of ASEAN and ASEAN+3 -- Lessons and Conclusions -- References -- 4. Stock Market Performance in ASEAN: Is Institutional Integration Warranted? -- Background -- Empirical Examination -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. The Institution of a Single Currency Area: Lessons for Asia from the European Monetary Union -- The Maastricht Criteria for EMU Membership and Economic Performance -- The Operationalization of the European Monetary Union -- Some Further Problems for the Enlargement of the Euro Area -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Deep Integration and Its Impacts on Non-Members: EU Enlargement and East Asia -- Overview of the Model -- The Baseline and Policy Scenarios -- Results -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 7. Small Change: A Critical Examination of the Economic Relationship between South Asia and the European Union.

Theoretical Backdrop -- South Asia and its Relationship to the EU -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. The Effects of North-South Regional Trade Policies: A Comparison of Mediterranean Countries with ASEAN -- ASEAN and Mediterranean Countries: Similarities and Differences in the Regional Integration Process -- The Mediterranean Regional Integration Experience with the European Union: An Econometric Assessment -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9. Reconciling the Tensions between Regional Integration and Cohesion -- Regional Integration - What the Theory Says -- EU Structural Funds -- Ireland - Experience in the EU -- Spain - Experience in the EU -- Comparing the Outcomes -- Lessons for Regional Cohesion Elsewhere? -- References -- 10. Lessons for Asia? Legitimacy and Quasi-Democratic Mechanisms in European and American Market Integration -- Background Clarifications and Distinctions -- Capsule Histories: Content and Mechanisms -- Applying the Lessons to Asia? -- References -- Index.

Key Features:It has a series of chapters on the European experience, and how they might apply to new regional initiatives in East AsiaIt includes an extensive documentation and analysis of East Asian integration proposals and analyzes their respective economic and political meritsSome chapters consider empirical effects of integration outside and inside of Asia and their implications for the region's economiesThe chapters span real and financial sectors, from free-trade areas to various forms of financial cooperation and even monetary union.

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