Economic integration

Między globalizacją a regionalizmem: świat arabski wobec wyzwań rozwoju (Between globalisation and regionalism: the Arab world vs. development challenges)

by Artur Malantowicz

in: M. Grabowski (ed.), Stosunki międzynarodowe we współczesnym świecie: regiony i problemy, Kraków 2011, pp. 61-79.

Świat arabski jest regionem geograficznym, który cechuje się najmniejszym stopniem wewnętrznych powiązań handlowych i... more Świat arabski jest regionem geograficznym, który cechuje się najmniejszym stopniem wewnętrznych powiązań handlowych i ekonomicznych. Eksplorując uwarunkowania relatywnego zacofania społeczno-gospodarczego regionu, opracowanie prezentuje zróżnicowane sposoby postrzegania globalizacji w świecie arabskim oraz różne ujęcia problematyki rozwoju w islamie jako nadrzędnej ideologii regionu bliskowschodniego. Jednocześnie, w efekcie analizy dotychczasowych doświadczeń państw arabskich w zakresie regionalnej współpracy politycznej i gospodarczej, podjęta zostaje próba wskazania przyczyn niewłaściwego funkcjonowania regionalizmu. Za czynniki najbardziej istotne uznane są: wpływ aktorów międzynarodowych, problemy w relacjach między państwami arabskimi, sytuacja wewnętrzna oraz specyfika gospodarki w regionie. Autor konkluduje stwierdzeniem, że w obliczu globalizacji i wyzwań rozwojowych jakie stoją przed światem arabskim, region prędzej czy później będzie zmuszony do otwarcia się na handel międzynarodowy oraz przynajmniej częściową demokratyzację.

The EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement: Will it Ever Happen?

by Patricia Nelson

Presentation at the 28th Stockholm Seminar on Japan, 18 Jan 2012, with Mr Tommy Kullberg, former head of the European Business Council in Japan, as the discussant.

The EU and Japan are currently preparing for negotiations on a free trade agreement (or an economic partnership... more The EU and Japan are currently preparing for negotiations on a free trade agreement (or an economic partnership agreement). However, Japan’s economy is still perceived of as being quite closed. If that is the case, can there ever be an agreement? This talk will contextualize the issues and offer an analytical perspective on how economics and politics have played out in several industrial sectors.

EU-Japan Economic and Trade Relations: What Impact of EU-Korea FTA on Japan?

by Patricia Nelson

Invitation to the International Symposium on
“EU-Japan Relations in the Decade Ahead - Something New or More of the Same?”

The Japan – EU relationship is always considered very important, but never leads to any substantial action. The main document on relations between the two, the 10-year “Action Plan” is up for renewal. Will we have another ten years of cordial relations in all fields, but without substantial action in any? The Japanese “wise person” group appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to study this issue meets with their colleagues from the European-Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) to debate about the future of Japanese-European relations.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
9.00-13.00
Auditorium, Embassy of Sweden, 1-10-3-100 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

The European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics
Keio Jean Monnet EU Studies Centre of Excellence
in cooperation with the Swedish Embassy


Program

Welcome remarks by
H.E. Mr. Stefan Noreén Swedish Ambassador to Japan

'EU-Japan Co-operation—Scope and Limits'
Chairman: Professor Marie Söderberg, the European Institute of Japanese
Studies at Stockholm School of Economics

'The EU-Japan Relationship-Problems and Achievements'
Professor Axel Berkofsky, Giovanni Mazzochi Fellow University of Pavia, Italy

'Towards an East Asian Community: What kind lessons should we learn from
Europe?'
Professor Hirotsugu Koike, Kwansei Gakuin University

Discussion

Trade Issues
Chairman: Dr. Jesper Edman, the European Institute of Japanese Studies at
Stockholm School of Economics

'Trade issues, Mutual recognition approach in the context of a Japan-EU
Economic Integration Agreement (EIA)'
Professor Katsuhiro Shoji, Director, Keio Jean Monnet EU Studies Centre of
Excellence

'Impact of EU-Korea FTA on Japan'
Dr. Patricia A. Nelson, Seijo University

Discussion

Coffee Break

Security Issues
Chairman: Associate Professor Linus Hagström,
Swedish Institute of International Affairs

'Conflict and Culture: The Role of Cultural Initiatives in Peace-building'
Dr. Akiko Fukushima, Japan Foundation

'The Nexus of Security and Development
'Associate Professor Paul Midford
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

'The impact of environmental issues on international legal regimes:
Possible contribution of Japan and EU to the future schemes'
Professor Hiroyuki Banzai, Waseda University

Discussion/Conclusions/Policy Recommendations

Indicators of Economic Integration

by Jeffrey Hart

(with Aseem Prakash) Global Governance, 6 (January-March 2000), 95-114.

Forecasting Eu-Romania Trade By Gravity Analysis

by Francesco Pastore

Co-authored with Anna Maria Ferragina and Giorgia Giovannetti,
Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, 2005, 6(4): 83-93.

This paper attempts to forecast EU-Romania trade using the gravity approach developed in Ferragina, Giovannetti and... more This paper attempts to forecast EU-Romania trade using the gravity approach developed in Ferragina, Giovannetti and Pastore (2005). The trade potential of Romania with five EU members (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK) is computed using an “out-of-sample” methodology for the period 1995-‘01. The coefficients are taken from panel estimators of the gravity equation relative to intra-EU15 trade. The analysis suggests the existence of an important unexploited trade potential with Romania, which, nonetheless, is not much greater in size than that of the new EU members of Eastern Europe. The potential to actual trade ratio ranges from 2.2 to 2.7 and is sharply declining, suggesting that further dramatic economic integration is to be expected in the near future. Romania’s accession is likely to further push the process of economic integration.

Economic integration and industrial sector fluctuations: evidence from Italy

by tatiana cesaroni

Parcours d'immigrants universitaires colombiens dans la région des Laurentides: Déclassement professionnel et stratégies identitaires

by Marie-Jeanne Blain

Published in "Diversité Urbaine"

RÉSUMÉ/ABSTRACT (English Follow)
Cet article se veut une réflexion sur la subjectivité du déclassement... more RÉSUMÉ/ABSTRACT (English Follow)
Cet article se veut une réflexion sur la subjectivité du déclassement socioprofessionnel. Dans le champ des études sur l’immigration et l’intégration, nous nous intéressons précisément aux dimensions subjectives de l’insertion
économique et à la place de l’identité professionnelle dans le vécu, au quotidien, et dans les rapports aux autres. Cette recherche, toujours en cours, se base sur les discours d’universitaires d’immigration récente, originaires de la Colombie et résidant dans les Laurentides, territoire au nord de Montréal. Dans un premier temps, nous documentons leurs processus d’insertion professionnelle pour ensuite approfondir les stratégies identitaires en lien avec la modification de leur statut
professionnel. Il est apparu, entre autres, que leurs processus d’insertion sur le marché du travail sont marqués par des stratégies identitaires diversifiées et par l’importance de la reconnaissance dans la perception de soi.

This article is a reflection on the subjective experience of social and occupational mobility. Within the field of immigration and integration studies I seek to understand the subjective dimensions of economic insertion, especially how
professional identity is experienced in everyday life and in relations with others. This research in progress is based on the narratives of professionals who recently emigrated from Colombia and are now residing in the Laurentian region north of
Montreal. First, I consider the processes involved in their professional insertion, and then I closely examine the link between their identity strategies and the change in their professional status. The existence of various identity strategies and the importance of social recognition for their self-percption emerge, amongst other things, as significant in regards to their insertion in the job market.

Mots clés : immigration, régionalisation, insertion économique, Colombiens,
déclassement professionnel, identité professionnelle, Laurentides
Key words : immigration, dispersal policies, regionalization of immigration,
economic integration, Colombian, downward mobility, professional identity,
Laurentides

Structural unemployment and structural change in Poland

by Francesco Pastore

Co-autherd with Andrew T. Newell.
Studi Economici, 54(69/3): 81-99.

This paper looks at regional unemployment inequality using individual-level data. We find that higher unemployment... more This paper looks at regional unemployment inequality using individual-level data. We find that higher unemployment regions are those with higher inflow rates to unemployment rather than higher durations of unemployment. This indicates that high unemployment is related to high rates of destruction of job-worker matches in Poland. Econometric analysis of the probability of flowing into unemployment from a job reinforces this impression, showing how middle-aged workers in particular and also those in manufacturing are much more likely to enter unemployment if they live in high unemployment counties. These results are evidence against theories of regional unemployment, which work through variations in the rate of job-finding.

Factor Endowment and Market Size in EU-CEE Trade: Would Human Capital Change Actual Quality Trade Patterns?

by Francesco Pastore

Co-authored with Anna Maria Ferragina.
Eastern European Economics, 43(1): 5-33 (also available as IZA DP, n. 1139, May 2004).

This paper aims to test several hypotheses on determinants of the quality of trade in cross-country regressions,... more This paper aims to test several hypotheses on determinants of the quality of trade in cross-country regressions, taking a sample of trade competitors in EU markets. The hypotheses are those underlying two models of vertical intra-industry trade: the so-called neo-Heckscher-Ohlin model, and an economic geography model based on market size and economic integration.

The explanatory variables significantly affect the dependent variable, and we conclude that these variables give rise to specialization in different segments of the quality spectrum. Information is drawn from the analysis with respect to Central and Eastern European (CEE) specialization in low-quality exports to EU markets. In particular, the estimates suggest the existence of a process of the "crowding out" of existing human capital due to the process of economic transition. Moreover, the smaller market size of the EU-accession countries could contribute to strengthening the CEE disadvantage in high-quality segments of production.

ASEAN Economic Community - From vision to reality

by Gregore Lopez

Economic integration through trade and investment has been a major driving force for ASEAN’s  growth and economic... more Economic integration through trade and investment has been a major driving force for ASEAN’s  growth and economic development. This increase in economic interdependence were market driven, taking place without any formal framework of economic cooperation. Economic integration is now seen as a driver to raise ASEAN’s competitiveness and resilience to external shocks. ASEAN member states recognising these benefits, agreed to establish an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. The AEC, along with the ASEAN Security Community and the ASEAN Socio-cultural Community form the basis the ASEAN Community. The AEC is envisioned to create a single regional market and production base that enables the free flow of goods, services, investments, capital and skilled labour with equitable economic development and reduced poverty and socio-economic disparities. The AEC Blueprint signed on 20 November 2007, is the guide to achieving the AEC. Will this vision come true?

Change and Japan-EU Relations: Spotlighting Economic and Business Organization

by Patricia Nelson

See: http://www.jean-monnet-coe.keio.ac.jp/conferences_eng.html

Keio Jean Monnet COE Research Centre for EU Studies
The 4th International Symposium
"Implications of European Integration for the State and Sovereignty in a Transnational World"

Date: 26th June, 2010, Saturday
Time: 13:00-17:30
Venue: Symposium Room, East Building, 8F, Keio University, Mita campus

Co-Organised by: The MEXT Strategic University Collaboration Support Project between Keio University and Hitotsubashi University
Language: English
Admission: Free


13:00-13:10　　Opening remarks
　　Speaker: Professor Katsuhiro Shoji
　　　　　　　　Law School, Keio University; Jean Monnet Chair;
　　　　　　　　Director, Keio Jean Monnet COE for EU Studies

13:10-14:10　　Session 1: The EU's External Relations with Asia
　　Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Bersick
　　　　　　　　University College Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Cork
　　Chair: Professor Toshiro Tanaka
　　　　　　　　Keio University; Jean Monnet Chair

14:10-15:10　　Session 2: Intel Decision and the EU's New Standards for Behaviours by Dominant Firms
　　Speaker: Dr. Kuo-lien Hsieh
　　　　　　　　Assistant Professor,
　　　　　　　　School of Law, Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan
　　Chair: Mr. Fumihiko Azuma
　　　　　　　　Researcher, Keio Jean Monnet COE for EU Studies;
　　　　　　　　Lecturer, Rissho University

15:10-15:25　　Break

15:25-16:25　　Session 3: Change and Japan-EU Relations: Spotlighting Economic and Business Organization
　　Speaker: Dr. Patricia Nelson
　　　　　　　　Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Law, Keio University
　　Chair: Ms. Yukari Akeda
　　　　　　　　Research Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Law, Keio University

16:25-17:25　　Session 4: Asian Perceptions of the EU
　　Speaker: Professor Martin Holland
　　　　　　　　University of Canterbury, New Zealand
　　Chair: Professor Toshiro Tanaka
　　　　　　　　Keio University; Jean Monnet Chair

17:25-17:30　　Closing Remarks
　　Speaker: Professor Katsuhiro Shoji
　　　　　　　　Law School, Keio University; Jean Monnet Chair;
　　　　　　　　Director, Keio Jean Monnet COE for EU Studies

Lessons from the KORUS FTA and the EU-Korea FTA

by Patricia Nelson

Japan - What's Next?
Venue : Torsten, 3rd floor, Stockholm School of Economics, Sveavägen 65

Preliminary Program

June 9: Bringing together Business leaders, Officials and Scholars

8:30 Welcome remarks
Marie Söderberg, Director, European Institute of Japanese Studies
Lars Bergman, President, Stockholm School of Economics
H. E. Mr. Yoshiki Watanabe, Japanese Ambassador to Sweden

I. Session (9:00)
Japan’s Economy after the Crisis-Consequences, Impact and Prospects
Chair: Patricia A. Nelson, Senior Research Fellow, EIJS

Carlo Filippini, Professor, Bocconi University
“The effect of the crisis on the Japanese economy”

Bo Dankis, Chairman, Swedish Trade Council
“What does the crisis mean for European Companies?”

Naohiko Nishio, Director, Mitsubishi Corporation, Stockholm Office
“How Japanese Companies in Sweden are affected?”

General discussion

10:30 Coffee Break


II. Session (11:00)
EU-Japan current state of affairs
Chair: John Swenson-Wright, Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Analyzing current state of the relationship after the EU-Japan Summit in May. What kind of cooperation are we to expect in the future?

Axel Berkofsky, Professor, University of Pavia
“EU-Japan Cooperation - From Framework to Ad-Hoc Cooperation”

Yuichi Hosoya, Professor, Keio University
“The EU-Japan Relations and the Future of East Asian Order: from a Japanese Perspective”

Florence Liou, Deputy Head of Division, European External Action Service
“Assessment of the Summit Outcome – A European Perspective”

Jiro Takamoto, Chief of the EU unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
“Assessment of the Summit Outcome – A Japanese Perspective”

General discussion

12:30 Lunch


III. Session (13:30)
EU-Japan Trade and Investment
Chair: Anders Ahnlid, Director-General for Trade
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Patricia A. Nelson, Senior Research Fellow, EIJS
“Lessons from the EU-Korea and US-Korea Free Trade Agreements”

Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Director,
European Centre for International Political Economy
“What forces will be driving the FTA process?”

Yasu Matsuyama, Special Advisor,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan and JETRO London Office
“Japan - EU Economic Integration Agreement: Now or Never?”

Antonio Parenti, Deputy Head of Unit DG Trade, European Commission
“Towards an EU-Japan FTA? State of Play and Stumbling Blocks”

General discussion

15:00 Coffee Break


IV. Session (15:30-17:00)
Stockholm Seminar on Japan
Roundtable discussion
EU-Japan Trade Relations: What’s Next?
Moderator: Marie Söderberg, Director, EIJS

1. Tommy Kullberg, Chairman, European Business Council (EBC)
2. Hiromasa Kubo, Professor, University of Kobe
3. Hajime Wakuda, Deputy Executive Director, Japan Machinery Center Brussels Office
4. Erik Belfrage, Chair, EU Trade Policy Study Group and Senior Vice President, SEB

17:00 End of Conference
18:00 DINNER (invited guests only)


10 June: Academic workshop day


I. Session (9:00)
A Future EU-Japan Agenda?
Chair: Glenn Hook, Professor, Sheffield University

Axel Berkofsky, Professor, University of Pavia
“EU-Japan in the Years Ahead”

Yuichi Hosoya, Professor, Keio University
"The Evolution of the EU-Japan Relations: A 'Normative Partnership'?"

Discussant: Linus Hagström, Senior Research Fellow, SIIA

10:30 Coffee Break

II. Session (11:00)
EU-Japan Trade relations
Chair: Yoichi Sugita, Assistant, Stockholm School of Economics

Hiromasa Kubo, Professor, Kobe University
“Prospects for a Free Trade Agreement”

Norbert Palanovics, Associate Professor, University of Pécs
“The Rule of Common Sense: Perceptual differences when trading between Japan and the EU”

Discussant: Richard Nakamura, Assistant Professor,
Linnaeus University

12:30 Lunch


III. Session (14:00)
Politics and Security: Where do we go from here?
Chair: Axel Berkofsky, Professor, University of Pavia

Kimie Hara, Renison Reserch Professor, University of Waterloo
“60 Years from San Francisco: Re-examining Frontier Problems in the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia”

Linus Hagström, Senior Research Fellow, SIIA
“Problematizing ‘structural shift’ in Sino-Japanese relations: The territorial dispute as context”

Bert Edström, Senior Research Fellow, ISDP
“Fukushima as a stress test for the Japanese political system”

Discussant: John Swenson-Wright, Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge

16:00 Coffee Break

IV. Session (16:15)
Responses to Earthquake and Mediating Risk
Chair: Akihiro Ogawa, Assistant Professor, Stockholm University

Glenn Hook, Professor, Sheffield University
“Mediating risk in Japan: Crossing borders and the role of the state”

Annette Skovsted Hansen, Associate Professor,
Aarhus University
“Responses to the 2011 Earthquake on Facebook”

Discussant: Norbert Palanovics, Associate Professor,
University of Pécs

V. Session (17:30)

CONCLUSIONS/WRAP-UP/EJARN ANNUAL MEETING

18:30 End of Conference

19:30 DINNER (invited guests only)



The conference is sponsored by Toshiba International Foundation and the European Institute of Japanese Studies.

The Lisbon Treaty Effect: Toward a New EU-Japan Economic and Trade Partnership?

by Patricia Nelson

COMMENTS WELCOME!

Update: 20 May 2011

Address: Saltmätargatan 19C, Box 6501, Stockholm, SE-113 83, Sweden;
tel: +46-8-736-9364; fax: +46-8-313017; email: patricia.nelson@hhs.se

The Lisbon Treaty signalled that the European Parliament had become a central actor in the EU-Japan economic and trade... more The Lisbon Treaty signalled that the European Parliament had become a central actor in the EU-Japan economic and trade partnership. In 2007, the ‘Global Europe’ strategy formalised the EU’s process of expanding trade relationships via free trade agreements. The EU-Korea FTA was the first of these to enter into force during 2011. Should Japan and the EU move forward with their own bilateral economic agreement despite a number of pending economic and trade issues ranging from mutual recognition or harmonization in clinical trials to the expansion of foreign direct investment to regulatory transparency? There are two main stumbling blocks to an agreement: the linking of issues and non-tariff measures (NTMs). Three case studies from aerospace, telecommunications and food safety illustrate instances in which linking has not been successful and highlights specific NTMs. Progress in negotiations between the EU and Japan depends on: the sector’s regulatory past; the level of transparency and presence of NTMs; and external factors including global trends and momentum towards agreements in other parts of the world. It remains to be seen if a formal bilateral arrangement is likely to be the result of the EU’s and Japan’s adoption of a new approach to negotiations.

Comparisons of the Success of Racial Minority Immigrant Offspring in the United States, Canada and Australia

by Naoko S. Hawkins

Reitz, Jeffrey G., Heather Zhang, and Naoko Hawkins. 2011. “Comparisons of the Success of Racial Minority Immigrant Offspring in the United States, Canada and Australia.” Social Science Research 40(4): 1051-1066.

The educational, occupational and income success of the racial minority immigrant offspring is very similar for many... more The educational, occupational and income success of the racial minority immigrant offspring is very similar for many immigrant origins groups in the United States, Canada and Australia. An analysis based on merged files of Current Population Surveys for the United States for the period 1995-2007, and the 2001 Censuses of Canada and Australia, and taking account of urban areas of immigrant settlement, reveals common patterns of high achievement for the Chinese and South Asian second generation, less for other Asian origins, and still less for those of Afro-Caribbean black origins. Relatively lower entry statuses for these immigrant groups in the US are eliminated for the second generation, indicating they experience stronger upward inter- generational mobility. As well, „segmented assimilation‟ suggesting downward assimilation of Afro-Caribbean immigrants into an urban underclass in the US, also receives little support.

Identity and Public Support for North American Integration

by Constantine Boussalis

Co-authored with Jennifer Merolla and Caryn Peiffer

The majority of studies investigating the determinants of public support for international economic and political... more The majority of studies investigating the determinants of public support for international economic and political integration have primarily focused on citizen attitudes in European Union member-states and candidate countries.  A subset of this body of research has found that the intensity of an individual’s sense of national and supranational identity has an effect on levels of support for the European Union.  Yet, these studies were also conducted at a time when European integration was tangible and when a larger European identity was already generally salient.  We seek to expand the debate on the role of identity in support for integrative policies by examining attitudes on integration in North America—a region with a much less salient sense of supranationalism and a far less extensive integration project.  In addition to providing a comparative perspective to the identity-support question, this paper further contributes to the present literature by investigating whether or not the priming of such locality-based identities result in increased or decreased support for integration.  Results from an estimation of World Values Survey data for all three North American countries, as well as an original experimental study conducted in the US and Mexico, lend support to the argument that national and supranational identity plays a role in citizen attitudes toward integration.  In addition, while we find considerable support for the hypothesis that manipulating the salience of these identities impacts individual support for integration, we also uncover clear cross-national differences in North American attitudes and offer our thoughts on why these differences might exist.

Reconsiderando convergencia en economías semi-industrializadas : América Latina y Caribe

by German H. Gonzalez

Technological capabilities asymmetries in Latin American and the Caribbean (

by German H. Gonzalez