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Regional economic integration /

Section headings in this work are: 'Theory of Regional Integration', 'Empirical Studies on Regional Integration' and 'Integration and Terrorism'.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fratianni, Michele
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2006.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Research in global strategic management ; v. 12.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Chapter 1 Introduction and Summary of Conclusions
  • Trade, Borders, and Distance
  • Trade Regionalization and Regional Trade Agreements
  • Trade Regionalization and Monetary Unions
  • Regionalization and Trading Costs
  • Regionalization and Multinational Enterprises
  • Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Terrorism
  • In Sum
  • Part A: Theory of Regional Integration
  • Chapter 2 Borders and Integration
  • Borders and International Trade
  • Borders and Financial Integration
  • Borders and Monies
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Regional Trade Agreements
  • The Three Waves of Regionalism
  • The Economics of Preferential Trade Policies
  • The ''New Regionalism'' and Deep Integration
  • Rethinking the Level of Analysis
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 4 The Economics of Monetary Unions: Traditional and New
  • The Ups and Downs of the Fixed Exchange Rate System
  • Alternative Methods for Fixing
  • Traditional Benefits and Costs from Hard Currency Fixing
  • Simple Modifications of the Keynesian Model
  • Fundamental Challenges to Optimum Currency Area Models
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part B: Empirical Studies on Regional Integration
  • Chapter 5 The Gravity of Globalization
  • Gravity Equations
  • Regression Results
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 6 A South American Perspective: Regional Versus Global Trade Patterns
  • Defining Concepts: Regionalization and Globalization
  • Similar Journeys, Different Paths
  • South American RTAs
  • The Andean Community and Mercosur
  • South America and the World
  • Trade Processes in South America
  • Gravity Equation
  • South American Effects on Trade
  • Globalization versus Regionalization within South America
  • Propensity to Trade
  • Intensity of Trade
  • Border Effects
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Intra-Regional Sales and Performance of Multinational Enterprises
  • Literature Review
  • Hypothesis and Empirical Proposition
  • Econometric Models and Measures
  • Data Sources and Sample
  • Results
  • Limitations
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 8 Free Trade Agreement Among China, Japan, and Korea
  • Background
  • Statistical Analysis
  • FEAFTA
  • Impact of FEAFTA
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 9 Asian Business is Regional, not Global
  • Asian Business is Regional, not Global
  • The Limited Scope of Asian Firm-Specific Advantages
  • The Regional Matrix
  • Japanese Case Studies
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 10 International Terrorism, International Trade, and Borders
  • Terrorism, Trading Costs, and Borders
  • Testing for Trading Costs and Border Effects
  • Implications of Border Policy
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part C: Integration and Terrorism
  • Chapter 11 Political Violence and Foreign Direct Investment
  • How does Political Violence Influence Foreign Direct Investment?
  • Research Design
  • Findings and Implications
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Ack.