Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/109522 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 2
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
This paper reviews trends in East Asian regionalism in the areas of trade and investment, money and finance, and infrastructure. It presents various measures of trade and financial integration. An important finding of the paper is that increasing trade and financial integration in the region is now starting to lead to a synchronization of business cycles in a selected group of countries, further enhancing the case for monetary integration among these countries. The paper also outlines a roadmap for East Asian integration.
Subjects: 
ASEAN/East Asian economic cooperation and integration
business cycle synchronization
free trade agreements
policy coordination
JEL: 
F15
F33
F36
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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