TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating economic integration in ASEAN : perspectives from a cluster analysis
AU - Varua, Maria Estela
AU - Garces-Ozanne, Arlene
AU - Benic, Rachel
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper uses hierarchical cluster analysis to examine the degree of economic integration among member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Japan, China and the Republic of Korea during three time periods: 1969-1984, 1985-1994 and 1995-2009. The results indicate that the five founding members of ASEAN, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, have become less integrated over time. Moreover, the region as a whole does not appear to have attained the degree of integration that was hoped for at the time the Association was established 30 years ago.
AB - This paper uses hierarchical cluster analysis to examine the degree of economic integration among member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Japan, China and the Republic of Korea during three time periods: 1969-1984, 1985-1994 and 1995-2009. The results indicate that the five founding members of ASEAN, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, have become less integrated over time. Moreover, the region as a whole does not appear to have attained the degree of integration that was hoped for at the time the Association was established 30 years ago.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/558823
M3 - Article
SN - 1020-1246
VL - 17
SP - 43
EP - 63
JO - Asia-Pacific development journal
JF - Asia-Pacific development journal
IS - 2
ER -