8. Economic Integration in Asia

Convenor: Jakob Roland Munch, Dept. of Economics, University of Copenhagen

This panel invites papers from researchers studying economic integration in Asia. Over the past decades Asian countries have become increasingly integrated in economic terms. More and more of the trade of Asian economies has been with each other, intra-regional investment flows are increasing,  international production networks and supply chains are formed in Asia, and workers are increasingly moving from one country to another leading to more integrated labour markets. All papers in the field of international economic integration in Asia will be considered, but we particularly encourage researchers to submit papers on topics such as ‘Free trade agreements in Asia’, ‘FDI flows between Asian countries’,  ‘Migration flows between Asian countries’, ‘Service trade in Asia’, ‘Value added chains in Asia’, and ‘The role of processing trade in Asia’.