East Asia's De Facto Economic Integration

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction: East Asia’s De Facto Economic Integration

   • Michel Fouquin, Daisuke Hiratsuka, Fukunari Kimura

   Pages 1-15

3. The Development of Fragmentation in East Asia and its Implications for FTAs

   • Fukunari Kimura

   Pages 16-31

4. Intra-Industry Trade and Economic Integration

   • Pierre Ecochard, Lionel Fontagné, Guillaume Gaulier, Soledad Zignago

   Pages 32-79

5. Production Networks and Spatial Linkages in East Asia

   • Ikuo Kuroiwa

   Pages 80-106

6. Catching Up of Manufacturing Cum De Facto Economic Integration in East Asia

   • Daisuke Hiratsuka

   Pages 107-134

7. China’s Specialization in East Asian Production Sharing

   • Guillaume Gaulier, Françoise Lemoine, Deniz Ünal-Kesenci

   Pages 135-180

8. Vertical Intra-Regional Production Networks in East Asia: a Case Study of the Hard Disc Drive Industry

   • Daisuke Hiratsuka

   Pages 181-199

9. A Comparison of De Jure Economic Integration in East Asia: Is East Asia Discriminating Against Itself?

   • Michael Freudenberg, Thierry Paulmier

   Pages 200-244

10. Regionalization in East Asia: Simulations Using a CGE Model MIRAGE

    • Michel Fouquin

    Pages 245-258

11. Back Matter

    Pages 259-269

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This book presents a deeper understanding of the on-going de facto economic integration in East Asia, looking at the extent of economic integration, what sort of integration has been accomplished, and comparing the level of integration reached and the path followed to that of the European Union.

• Asia
• China
• development
• East Asia
• economic integration
• European Union (EU)
• regionalization

• Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), Japan

  Daisuke Hiratsuka

PIERRE ECOCHARD Economist, Centre for International Studies (CEPII), France LIONEL FONTAGNÉ Director, Centre for International Studies (CEPII), France MICHEL FOUQUIN Deputy Director, Centre for International Studies (CEPII), France MICHAEL FREUDENBERG Senior Market Analyst, International Trade Centre (ITC), Switzerland GUILLAUME GAULIER Economist, Centre for International Studies (CEPII), France FUKUNARI KIMURA Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Japan IKUO KUROIWA Director of Micro-economic Study Group, Development Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan FRANÇOISE LEMOINE Senior Economist, Centre for International Studies (CEPII), France THIERRY PAULMIER Associate Expert, ITC, Switzerland DENIZ ÜNAL-KESENCI Economist, Centre for International Studies (CEPII), France SOLEDAD ZIGNAGO Economist, Centre for International Studies (CEPII), France

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