A Composite Index of Economic Integration in the Asia Pacific -- Summary Version

Abstract:

The summary of a paper that measures economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region using a composite index.  It describes the index and the finding that the region was more integrated at the end of 2005 than it was in 1990, just after APEC was formed.  The full description of the construction of the integration index is available at A Composite Index of Economic Integration in the Asia Pacific.