Economic integration among ASEAN countries: evidence from gravity model

• Main Authors: Mohd Amin, Ruzita, Hamid, Zarinah, Md Saad, Norma
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: East Asian Development Network 2009
• Subjects: HC94 By region or country; HD9000 Special industries and trades; HF1021 Commercial geography. Economic geography; HF1040 Commodities. Commercial products; HF1701 Tariff policy; HF3000 By region or country
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/13561/1/EADN_Working_Paper_No._40.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/13561/; http://www.eadn.org

This study aims at investigating whether intra-ASEAN trade is trade creating (higher trade with efficient members) or trade diverting (higher trade with inefficient members) for both inter-industry and intra-industry trade. Since integration efforts within ASEAN had to be geared toward “open regio...