The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth : Case of ASEAN-5 Countries

This paper studies how regional trade among ASEAN-5 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) help in expanding the member countries' output. This paper applies ARDL bound testing approach with instrumental variables to explore the relationship and finds that est...

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Main Authors: Balasubramaniam, Arunnan, Shazali, Abu Mansor, Puah, Chin Hong
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Language:English
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2016
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author Balasubramaniam, Arunnan
Shazali, Abu Mansor
Puah, Chin Hong
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description This paper studies how regional trade among ASEAN-5 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) help in expanding the member countries' output. This paper applies ARDL bound testing approach with instrumental variables to explore the relationship and finds that estimates is in range of 0.27-0.55%. The paper concludes that trade integration should be promoted in order to stimulate economic growth within each country
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spelling unimas-152822022-05-24T02:26:10Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15282/ The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth : Case of ASEAN-5 Countries Balasubramaniam, Arunnan Shazali, Abu Mansor Puah, Chin Hong HB Economic Theory This paper studies how regional trade among ASEAN-5 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) help in expanding the member countries' output. This paper applies ARDL bound testing approach with instrumental variables to explore the relationship and finds that estimates is in range of 0.27-0.55%. The paper concludes that trade integration should be promoted in order to stimulate economic growth within each country Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2016-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15282/1/The-Relationship-between-Trade-Integration-and-Economic-Growth-Case-of-ASEAN-5-Countries_2016_Global-Economy-Journal.html Balasubramaniam, Arunnan and Shazali, Abu Mansor and Puah, Chin Hong (2016) The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth : Case of ASEAN-5 Countries. Global Economy Journal, 16 (4). pp. 745-768. ISSN 15245861 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85005990784&doi=10.1515%2fgej-2016-0024&partnerID=40&md5=66156444a294811f1c4621a62a883ec6 DOI: 10.1515/gej-2016-0024
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
Balasubramaniam, Arunnan
Shazali, Abu Mansor
Puah, Chin Hong
The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth : Case of ASEAN-5 Countries
title The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth : Case of ASEAN-5 Countries
title_full The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth : Case of ASEAN-5 Countries
title_fullStr The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth : Case of ASEAN-5 Countries
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth : Case of ASEAN-5 Countries
title_short The Relationship between Trade Integration and Economic Growth : Case of ASEAN-5 Countries
title_sort relationship between trade integration and economic growth : case of asean-5 countries
topic HB Economic Theory
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