Regional economic integration and trade in ASEAN: evidence from two episodes of financial crises

This study empirically investigates the effect of the two episodes of financial crises on ASEAN trade using the gravity model.It further examines whether the formation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) resulted in an increase in intra ASEAN trade for the period 1...

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Main Author: Ismail, Normaz Wana
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17036/1/03.pdf
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description This study empirically investigates the effect of the two episodes of financial crises on ASEAN trade using the gravity model.It further examines whether the formation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) resulted in an increase in intra ASEAN trade for the period 1986 to 2010.This study makes a contribution to trade literature to include financial sector in the model which has been ignored from previous studies.From basic gravity variables, the results found that market size, population, relative endowment, financial sectors, distance and common border are the main determinants of bilateral trade in ASEAN.The result reveals that the AFTA and AEC did trigger intra ASEAN trade.Evidence from Asian financial crisis shows that intra ASEAN still increases during that period.However, the inclusion of financial sectors, the result is insignificant. This study reveals that the global crisis 2007/08 did distort the intra ASEAN trade.
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spelling uum-170362016-04-14T04:22:51Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17036/ Regional economic integration and trade in ASEAN: evidence from two episodes of financial crises Ismail, Normaz Wana HC Economic History and Conditions This study empirically investigates the effect of the two episodes of financial crises on ASEAN trade using the gravity model.It further examines whether the formation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) resulted in an increase in intra ASEAN trade for the period 1986 to 2010.This study makes a contribution to trade literature to include financial sector in the model which has been ignored from previous studies.From basic gravity variables, the results found that market size, population, relative endowment, financial sectors, distance and common border are the main determinants of bilateral trade in ASEAN.The result reveals that the AFTA and AEC did trigger intra ASEAN trade.Evidence from Asian financial crisis shows that intra ASEAN still increases during that period.However, the inclusion of financial sectors, the result is insignificant. This study reveals that the global crisis 2007/08 did distort the intra ASEAN trade. 2015-11-04 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17036/1/03.pdf Ismail, Normaz Wana (2015) Regional economic integration and trade in ASEAN: evidence from two episodes of financial crises. In: 4th ASEAN Consortium on Department of Economics Conference (ACDEC) 2015, 04-05 November 2015, Student Accomodation Centre (SAC), UUM.
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Regional economic integration and trade in ASEAN: evidence from two episodes of financial crises
title Regional economic integration and trade in ASEAN: evidence from two episodes of financial crises
title_full Regional economic integration and trade in ASEAN: evidence from two episodes of financial crises
title_fullStr Regional economic integration and trade in ASEAN: evidence from two episodes of financial crises
title_full_unstemmed Regional economic integration and trade in ASEAN: evidence from two episodes of financial crises
title_short Regional economic integration and trade in ASEAN: evidence from two episodes of financial crises
title_sort regional economic integration and trade in asean evidence from two episodes of financial crises
topic HC Economic History and Conditions
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