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.

Autorentext
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

Inhalt
Introduction: East Asia's De Facto Economic Integration; M.Fouquin, D.Hiratsuka & F.Kimura The Development of Fragmentation in East Asia and Its Implications for FTAs; F.Kimura Intra-Industry Trade and Economic Integration; P.Ecochard, L.Fontagné, G.Gaulier & S.Zignago Production Networks and Spatial Linkages in East Asia; I.Kuroiwa Catching Up of Manufacturing Cum De Facto Economic Integration in East Asia; D.Hiratsuka China's Specialization in East Asian Production Sharing; G.Gaulier, F.Lemoine & D.Ünal-Kesenci Vertical Intra-Regional Production Networks in East Asia: A Case Study of the Hard Disc Drive Industry; D.Hiratsuka A Comparison of De Jure Economic Integration in East Asia: Is East Asia Discriminating Against Itself?; M.Freudenberg & T.Paulmier Regionalization in East Asia: Simulations Using a CGE Model MIRAGE; M.Fouquin