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Economic Integration Across the Taiwan Strait
Global Perspectives
9780857939722 Edward Elgar Publishing
Despite their controversial political relationship, Taiwan and China remain very much entwined economically. This timely volume explores the complicated state of economic and trade relations between the two countries, meticulously unraveling the issue’s various threads and presenting an authoritative breakdown of a complex and fascinating economic linkage.
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Despite their controversial political relationship, Taiwan and China remain very much entwined economically. This timely volume explores the complicated state of economic and trade relations between the two countries, meticulously unraveling the issue’s various threads and presenting an authoritative breakdown of a complex and fascinating economic linkage.
Armed with up-to-date original research, contributors offer expert analyses on a variety of issues relating to economic integration between Taiwan and China. These include trade agreements, foreign direct investment, outsourcing of manufacturing and migration of industry, integration of banking and financial markets, and the recent shift toward a more integrated economy with Greater China. The considerable political tension between the two countries is also discussed, as are the economic relationships with neighboring East Asian countries such as Japan and others. In the final chapter, editor Peter C.Y. Chow discusses Taiwan’s policy options for the future and offers his expert recommendations for speeding Taiwan’s achievement of globalization and widening its ultimate political choices.
Professors and students of global economics and East Asian studies will no doubt find this a fresh and invaluable contribution to the literature.
Armed with up-to-date original research, contributors offer expert analyses on a variety of issues relating to economic integration between Taiwan and China. These include trade agreements, foreign direct investment, outsourcing of manufacturing and migration of industry, integration of banking and financial markets, and the recent shift toward a more integrated economy with Greater China. The considerable political tension between the two countries is also discussed, as are the economic relationships with neighboring East Asian countries such as Japan and others. In the final chapter, editor Peter C.Y. Chow discusses Taiwan’s policy options for the future and offers his expert recommendations for speeding Taiwan’s achievement of globalization and widening its ultimate political choices.
Professors and students of global economics and East Asian studies will no doubt find this a fresh and invaluable contribution to the literature.
Contributors
Contributors: R.C.K. Burdekin, C.-P. Chen, T.-J. Chen, W.-J.P. Chiou, P.C.Y. Chow, M.-c.M. Chu, K.-W. Hsieh, C.-P. Hsu, C.-W. Huang, Y.-H. Ku, H.-J.A. Lin, W.T. Lin, Y. Shen, Y.-W. Sung, H.-h.I.H. Whited, M. Yang
Contents
Contents:
Preface
Introduction
1. Cross-Strait Linkages: Historical Perspective and Empirical Evidence
Richard C.K. Burdekin, Yijing Shen and Hsin-hui I.H. Whited
2. A Comparison between the CEPA and the ECFA
Yun-Wing Sung
3. Assessing the Impacts of the Integration of the ICT Investments of Taiwan and China upon Economic Growth in Taiwan
Winston T. Lin
4. Trends for Future Integration of Commercial Banking between Taiwan and China after the ECFA
Hong-Jen Abraham Lin
5. Development and International Diversification Benefits of Equity Markets in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
Wan-Jiun Paul Chiou, Chun-Pin Hsu and Chin-Wen Huang
6. Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by China in Taiwan 1997–2010
Monica Yang
7. Strategic Alliance between Japan and Taiwan on the Chinese Market: An Empirical Analysis of the IT Industry
Chih-Ping Chen and Kai-Wen Hsieh
8. Global Production Networks and the Kunshan ICT Cluster: The Role of Taiwanese MNCs
Tain-Jy Chen and Ying-Hua Ku
9. Semiconductor Interconnectivity Across the Taiwan Strait: A Case Study Approach
Ming-chin Monique Chu
10. The Emerging Trade Bloc Across the Taiwan Strait in Regional and Global Perspective
Peter C.Y. Chow
Index
Preface
Introduction
1. Cross-Strait Linkages: Historical Perspective and Empirical Evidence
Richard C.K. Burdekin, Yijing Shen and Hsin-hui I.H. Whited
2. A Comparison between the CEPA and the ECFA
Yun-Wing Sung
3. Assessing the Impacts of the Integration of the ICT Investments of Taiwan and China upon Economic Growth in Taiwan
Winston T. Lin
4. Trends for Future Integration of Commercial Banking between Taiwan and China after the ECFA
Hong-Jen Abraham Lin
5. Development and International Diversification Benefits of Equity Markets in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
Wan-Jiun Paul Chiou, Chun-Pin Hsu and Chin-Wen Huang
6. Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by China in Taiwan 1997–2010
Monica Yang
7. Strategic Alliance between Japan and Taiwan on the Chinese Market: An Empirical Analysis of the IT Industry
Chih-Ping Chen and Kai-Wen Hsieh
8. Global Production Networks and the Kunshan ICT Cluster: The Role of Taiwanese MNCs
Tain-Jy Chen and Ying-Hua Ku
9. Semiconductor Interconnectivity Across the Taiwan Strait: A Case Study Approach
Ming-chin Monique Chu
10. The Emerging Trade Bloc Across the Taiwan Strait in Regional and Global Perspective
Peter C.Y. Chow
Index
