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1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Political Economy of Regional Integration in the Pacific Rim

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08630047
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 経済政策(含経済事情)
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

NISHIJIMA Shoji  Kobe University, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Professor, 経済経営研究所, 教授 (70116234)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ISHIGAKI Kennichi  Kobe University, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, P, 経済経営研究所, 教授 (40047486)
HORISAKA Kotaro  Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Professor, 外国学部, 教授 (80165597)
ABE Shigeyuki  Kobe University, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, P, 経済経営研究所, 教授 (60140076)
Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1997
Keywordsregional integration / Latin America / the Pacific Rim / NAFTA / MERCOSUR / APEC / FTAA / AFTA
Research Abstract

The main objective of the research is to investigate regional integration in the Pacific Rim from both economic and political point of view. The project covers three regions, Latin America, North America and Asia, and focuses on such regional integration as NAFTA,MERCOSUR,AFTA and APEC.Project participant specialized in each regions and investigated the interrelation among the regional frameworks. The main conclusions are :
(1) One of the factors that determine the widening and deepening of integration is to have favorable economic performance that ensures the openness of the integration.
(2) For realizing favorable performance, it is essential to make sure the policy reform process without causing social and political conflict.
(3) Regarding the forming process of FTAA,domestic conditions in the US and its foreign policy will have significant effects.
(4) Future perspectives of regionalism in Latin America will have important influences on the APEC process economically and politically.
(5) Japan should play a key role for the APEC progress through appropriate foreign assistance policies to Asian countries.
As a future task of the project, it must be noted that more inter-disciplinary approach that combine economics and politics should be developed, and the recent Asian currency crisis should be incorporated into the analysis.

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All Publications (18 results)

  • [Publications] 西島 章次: "ラテンアメリカにおける地域統合の基本問題" 国民経済雑誌. 第176巻第2号. 65-77 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shoji Nishijima: "APEC,FTAA and the Pacific Rim:A Latin American Perspective" APEC Study Center(Kobe Unversity and Institute of Developing Economies)Discussion Paper Series. No.12.1-33 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shoji Nishijima and Robert McCleery: ""Economic Policy Reform:A Latin American Perspective"" International Economic Links and Policy Formation:Where Do We Go from Here? M.Kleinin,M.Plummer,and S.Abe(eds.)North-Holland,forthcoming.

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  • [Publications] 阿部 茂行、マイケル・プラマ-: "地域統合と援助" 国民経済雑誌. 第175巻第5号. 31-48 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shigyuyuki Abe and Michael Plummer: "An Aid Crisis? The New ODA Environment and the Role of APEC" APEC study Center(KObe University and Institute of Developing Economies)Discussion Paper Series. No.10.1-33 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shigeyuki Abe: "Structural Adjustment and the Development of Intra-Industry Trade of Japan"" Kobe Economic & Business Research Series. No.13. 73-102 (1997)

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  • [Publications] 堀坂 浩太郎: "ラテンアメリカにおける地域統合の進展" 未発表. (1998)

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  • [Publications] 堀坂 浩太郎: "メルコスルにおけるエネルギー供給ネットワーク" (未発表). (1998)

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  • [Publications] 石垣 健一: "オーストラリア・ニュージーランドの経済パ-フォーマンスと経済政策" 国際問題. No.446. 40-57 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shoji Nishijima: "Two Fundamental Issues of Regional Integration in Latin America (in Japanese)" Kokumin-Keizai-Zasshi. Vol.176, No.2. 65-77 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shoji Nishijima: "APEC,FTAA and the Pacific Rim : A Latin American Perspective" APEC Study Center (Kobe University and Institute of Developing Economies) Discussion Paper Series. No.12. 33 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shoji Nishijima and Robert McCleery: "Economic Policy Reform : A Latin American Perspective" International Economic Links and Policy Formation : Where Do We Go from Here? , M.Kleinin, m.Plummer, and S.Abe (eds.), North-Holland, forthcoming. 16

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  • [Publications] Shigeyuki Abe and Michael Plummer: "Regional Integration and Economic Aid" Kokumin-Keizai-Zasshi. Vol.175, No.5. 31-48 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shigeyuki Abe and Michael Plummer: "An Aid Crisis? The New ODA Environment and the Role of APEC" APEC Study Center (Kobe University and Institute of Developing Economies) Discussion Paper Series. No.10. 33 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shigeyuki Abe: "Structural Adjustment and the Development of Intra-Industry Trade of Japan" Kobe Economic and Business Research Series. No.13. 73-102 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Kotaro Horisaka: "Evolution of Regional Integration in Latin America, (in Japanese)" mimeo. (1998)

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  • [Publications] Kotaro Horisaka: "Energy Supply Network in MERCOSUR,(in Japanese)" mimeo. (1998)

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  • [Publications] Kennichi Ishigaki: "Economic Performance and Policy in Australia and New Zealand, (in Japanese)" International Affairs. No.446. 40-57 (1997)

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