Open AccessIs a regional trading bloc forming in southeast Asia? New evidence for ASEAN countries
Author(s) -
Andrzej Cieślik,
Song Tao
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
miscelanea geographica/miscellanea geographica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2084-6118
pISSN - 0867-6046
DOI - 10.2478/v10288-012-0028-z
Subject(s) - gravity model of trade , regionalism (politics) , southeast asia , international trade , geography , international economics , economics , economic geography , economy , political science , history , ancient history , politics , law , democracy
This article studies the impact of ASEA N on the bilateral exports of its 10 member countries. It reports the results of applying the gravity model to a data set covering 50 partner countries from 1967 to 2008. The study’s empirical findings show that on average ASEA N regionalism significantly increases bilateral exports. However, the results are country-specific and indicate that ASEA N seems to benefit only large economies with a long history of membership, while smaller more recent members do not show significant expansion of exports.