Economic and environmental impact of free trade agreement in East and South East Asia
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Mukhopadhyay Kakali; Paul J Thomassin
- ناشر : Dordrecht : Springer,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9789048135066
Description
Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- 1 Introduction.- 1.1. Globalization and Regionalization.- 1.2. Basic Issues of Regional Trade Agreements.- 1.3. Proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements.- 1.4. Global Development of RTAs.- 1.5. Economic Integration in East and South East Asia.- 1.6. Environmental Degradation.- 1.7. Objective.- 1.8. Structure of the Book.- 2 Review of Literature.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 FTAs /RTAs around the World.- 2.3 FTAs /RTAs in East and South East Asian Region.- 2.4 Impact of FTAs and RTAs on the Environment.- 3 Features of the East and South East Asian Economies.- 3.1. Introduction. - 3.2. Population.- 3.3 Economic Growth of the East and Southeast Asian Economies.- 3.4 Poverty and Unemployment.- 3.5 The Structure of Foreign Trade and FDI.- 3.6. Environmental Profile: An Overview.- 4 Theoretical Framework, Database, and Scenario Development.- 4.1. The Theoretical Framework of the GTAP Model.- 4.2 Aggregation Scheme.- 4.3 Environmental Indicators and Coefficients.- 4.4 Updated Environmental Coefficients across the Countries.- 4.5 Scenario Development.- 4.6 Modifications of the GTAP Model to 2020.- 4.7 Macroeconomic Variable Estimates and Underlying Assumptions.- 5 Economic Impact of Economic Integration.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Output Growth.- 5.3 Export and Import Performance.- 5.4 Sectoral Analysis of Output.- 5.5 Sectoral Analysis of Export and Import.- 5.6 Intra-Industry Trade.- 5.7 Welfare Implication.- 5.8 The Effects on Factor Returns.- 5.9 Poverty Implications.- 6 Environmental Impact of Economic Integration.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Environmental Impact in BAU and Trade Scenarios.- 6.3 Sectoral Analysis in BAU and Trade Scenarios.- 6.4 Decomposition Analysis.- 7 Strategies for Green Trade.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Multiple Sector Tax.- 7.3 Tax on Electricity.- 7.4 Tax on Coal and Oil.- 8 Summary and Conclusion.- Endnotes.- References.- Annex
This comprehensive analysis offers a perspective on the economic and environmental impacts of regional economic integration in East and South East Asia. A global economic model is used to explore some of the fastest growing economies in the world.
