Adjusting towards AFTA : the dynamics of trade in ASEAN / Jayant Menon
Digitised Book 216.73.216.62 (0)
1996
Information About
The decision to establish the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) was initially met with widespread enthusiasm. Some of this enthusiasm has since dissipated as all countries except Singapore have voiced concerns regarding the ability of sensitive industries to compete in the new protection-free environment. Underlying these concerns is the view that the evolving pattern of trade will be more competitive than complementary, or that inter-industry of net trade will dominate intra-industry trade. This study employs a new methodology to analyse the dynamics of trade in the ASEAN countries as they approach the deadline for AFTA with a view to identifying likely adjustment costs associated with liberalizing their trade.
Additional Details
- Title
- Adjusting towards AFTA : the dynamics of trade in ASEAN / Jayant Menon
- Creators
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- Menon, Jayant, 1965-
- Subject
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- Free trade--ASEAN countries
- ASEAN countries--Commercial policy
- ASEAN countries--Commerce
- Publisher
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- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1996
- National Library Board Singapore, 1996
- Contributors
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- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 102 p.
- Table of Contents
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- an overview -- The pattern of intra-ASEAN trade: an overview -- The CEPT: an overview -- 3. Method and data. Decomposition of total trade: contributions of net trade and intra-industry trade. Decomposition of total, net and intra-industry trade: contributions of imports and exports. Data issues -- 4. Results. Singapore. Thailand. Malaysia. Indonesia. Philippines. Overview of results and determinants -- 5. Conclusion. Appendix A. Status-switches. Appendix B. Categorical aggregation and the measurement of intra-industry trade. Appendix C. Sectoral aggregation of contribution measures -- Bibliography -- About the author.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.