The European Union and Asean: Trade and Investment Issues

by NA NA

Overview

In mid-1997, a major crisis embraced the economies of Southeast Asia. Its effects were severe, particularly on the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, many of whose currencies suffered market devaluations. This volume addresses the causes of the crisis and its ramifications for both trade and investment between the European Union and ASEAN at the turn of the century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312231842
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/02/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Roger Strange is Senior Lecturer in Economics at King's College in London.

Jim Slater is Director of The Graduate Center at Birmingham Business School.

Corrado Molteni is Professor at the University Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan.

Table of Contents

The Macroeconomic Picture
• Bridging Two Continents: EU-ASEAN Trade Investment
• Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN: An Historical Perspective
• Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN: A Contemporary Perspective
• ASEAN's Outward Direct Investment in Europe
• The Asian Financial Crisis
• Financial Upheaval in ASEAN: A European Perspective
• The Banking Crisis and Competitiveness in the Asian Economies
• Microeconomic Perspectives
• Floating Market: Currency Crises and ASEAN Tourism Exports
• The Effects of Outward Direct Investment on the Performance of Locally Controlled Companies in Malaysia
• The Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam: An Analysis of its Determinants
• The Future
• Enlargement to Include Formerly Centrally Planned Economies: ASEAN and the European Union Compared

Editorial Reviews

Explores the causes of the mid-1997 economic crisis in Southeast Asia and its effects on economic relations between the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Many of the chapters were first presented at a conference organized by the Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi held in Como, Italy, in April, 1998, while others were commissioned by the editors. Strange (economics, King's College, London), Slater (Birmingham Business School), and Molteni (U. Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan) have divided the book into four sections: a macroeconomic overview, an analysis of the reasons for the 1997 crisis, a collection of microeconomic studies, and the future of the relationship between the European Union and ASEAN. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews