The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, October 2006: Asian Regionalism: a Symposium

Introduction: Regional integration in Asia editorial by Ramkishen S. Rajan Production fragmentation and trade integration: East Asia in a global context by Prema-chandra Athukorala and Nobuaki Yamashita Fragmentation and vertical intra-industry trade in East Asia by Mitsuyo Ando Does regionalism lead to more global trade integration in East Asia? by Jong-Wha Lee and Kwanho Shin Financial development and financial liberalization in Asia: Thresholds, institutions and the sequence of liberalization by Hiro Ito On the sequencing of regional integration: General considerations and an application to Asia by Barry Eichengreen The political economy of sequencing: Monetary versus trade regionalism by Graham Bird and Ramkishen S. Rajan Between two poles: A dual currency board for Mercosur by Matthias Busse, Carsten Hefeker and Georg Koopmann Home bias and U.S. imports of processed food products by Rigoberto A. Lopez, Emilio Pagoulatos and Maria A. Gonzalez Inadequacy of nation-based and VaR-based safety nets in the European Union by Edward J. Kane