Research in Asian Economic Studies

Part 1 Asia-Pacific regional economic regionalisation: economic regionalisation in the Asia-Pacific - macro-economic core and microeconomic optimisation, M. Dutta; regionalisation in Europe and East Asia - differences and consequences, Detlef Lorenz; China and India in the Asian-Pacific economic community, George Rosen; convergence and cohesion within the ASEAN 4, David Jay Green; the asean free trade area plan and intra regional trade in developing Asia, Dean A. DeRosa; economic regionalism in the Asian and Pacific region - trends, challenges and prospects, Chee Peng Lim; towards economic integration of China's mainland with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, Yao Tinggang. Part 2 Micro impacts/finance/investment/service sector/technology: micro impacts of macro adjustment policies - the Philippine case, Gilberto M. Llanto; cooperation in finance in Asia - the case study of capital flow between Japan and Thailand, Masumi Kishi; investment-led regionalism and trade liberalisation - the ASEAN perspective, Linda Low; Japanese service enter-prises and Asian economic interdependence, Yoko Sazanami; technology and trade friction in economic development - cases of Japanese industries, Michiko Ikeda; saving in southeast Asia - sources, rate and contribution to growth, Richard Hooley; foreign trade liberalisation in South Korea - lessons for China, Xiaoxuan Liu; Brunei Darussalam - the state of the economy, Hajjah Rosni Haji Tungkat; Thailand's trade in services in the Asia Pacific region, Suthiphand Chirathivat; trade in manufactured goods - prospective gains for Thailand in Asia-Pacific economic cooperation, Paitoon Wiboonchutikula. Part 3 Regionalisation in south Asia: the prospect of a trading block in South Asia, ADV de S. Indraratna; issues in trade cooperation in South Asia - a Bangladesh perspective, Sadrel Reza; trading arrangements and policy option - the case of Nepal, Meena Acharya; region-alism - the SAARC experience, K.K. Bhargava.