East Asia

About: East Asia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 17591 publications have been published within this topic receiving 274073 citations. The topic is also known as: Eastern Asia.

Continent-ocean interactions within the East Asian Marginal seas

Abstract: Interactions between continents and oceans are a frontier area for the Earth sciences in the 21st century. An AGU Chapman Conference, Continent-Ocean Interactions within the East Asian Marginal Seas, examined the nature of these interactions in the marginal seas of east Asia. The objective was to highlight both recent advances, and especially the contributions made by the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)semi; as well as to identify key future science goals. The types of continent-ocean interactions discussed were wide-ranging, including climate-tectonic interactions, continental-oceanic climate linkages, and the material flux from the rivers of Asia to the ocean, as well as how continental tectonic evolution since the India-Asia collision has influenced the tectonics of the western Pacific and vice-versa. The marginal seas of east Asia form the transition between the world's largest continent and its largest ocean, and are major repositories of information on the interaction between the two.

The ASEAN Regional Forum

Abstract: Leifer's assessment posts a warning sign for those who see no reason to worry about the stability of East Asia. He warns that "the ARF is embryonic, one-dimensional approach" to the major changes taking place in the security environment of the vital East Asian region.

Trade Policy Reform in Developing Countries since 1985

Abstract: The recent and apparently broad move towards unilateral trade liberalization in the developing world has not been systematically documented, nor has comparative data been compiled. This study investigates the extent and character of trade reform in 32 countries in South Asia, East Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Changes in tariffs, non−tariff barriers, foreign exchange controls, and export impediments between the mid−1980s and 1992/93 are discussed. Data are presented on changes in the level, range, and dispersion of tariffs, and coverage of quantitative restraints. Similarities and differences both within and between regions are evaluated.

Real and Financial Integration in East Asia

Abstract: We examine the real and financial integration of East Asian economies. We focus on comparing the degree of real vs. financial integration, the degree of global vs. regional integration, and the extent of integration before vs. after the 1997~98 financial crisis in East Asian economies. We analyze price and quantity measures of integration such as the size of intra- and inter-region trade, cross-border financial assets, correlation of stock returns, and interest differentials. In addition, we adopt a panel VAR approach of investigating cross-country output inter-dependence and consumption relation in order to infer the macroeconomic consequences of real and financial integration on East Asian economies. The empirical investigations suggest that (1) quantity measure shows a significant increase in real integration within East Asia; (2) the integration in real side based on output linkage increased substantially after Asian crisis, both regionally and globally; (3) although quantity and price measures showed some increases in the degree of financial integration after crisis, the cross-country consumption relation did not change much; (4) the degree of regional financial integration within Asia is far smaller than the degree of global financial integration, based on consumption-based measure, and (5) financial integration lags behind real integration, especially for regional integration within Asia.