This book applies a spatial economics perspective to the understanding of the recent dynamism of the global economy, with particular focus on East Asia, and examines the prospects of regional integration in East Asia.

YOUNG HAN KIM Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea PAUL KRUGMAN Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Princeton University, USA BHANUPONG NIDHIPRABHA Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand ANTHONY J. VENABLES Chief Economist, Department for International Development and Professor of International Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK YU YONGDING Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China