There is a strong relationship between regional integration and economic performance. This paper investigates the impact of on macroeconomic indicators in Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) – trade block created by former Soviet republics 2014. study compares two types collaboration strategies: first, unilateral liberalization with one-sided opening market access that does not imply any mutual conc...

Over the past decade the economies of East Asia and APEC more generally have been increasinglyopening up their markets, and in the process have achieved significant gains in exports and economicgrowth. In conjunction with this increased economic integration, there has been increased recognitionby regional governments of the potential for a substantial increase in the participation by smallbusin...

This paper presents new evidence on international financial market integration using stock analyst earnings forecasts from 37 countries around the world. By examining cash flow and discount rate news co-movements, we find that the financial and economic aspects of global market integration have diverged over time as financial integration has developed particularly more rapidly than economic int...

The Asia Pacific region, and especially East Asia, has experienced rapid economic integration without the ‘hard politics’ of legally binding economic and political treaties, unlike Europe where integration has been institution-led. The ‘soft politics’ and market-led integration in East Asia set against a background of political tensions and rivalries in key relationships in the region. The pape...

This paper captures the labor market consequences of Gaza Blockade (2007–), a politically motivated and unanticipated event that provides rare opportunity for natural experiment. I am aided by fact West Bank is comparison group examining Blockade. Using difference-in-difference framework, find that, relative to domestic workers in Bank, those experienced an additional 11% point increase unemplo...