Intro
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Literature Review
1.2.1 Subregional International Economic Integration (SIEI)
1.2.2 Study of Industrial Cooperation Based on Intra-Industry Trade (IIT)
1.2.3 Strategic Trade Theory
1.3 Methodology
1.4 Basic Concepts
1.4.1 Monopolistic Competition
1.4.2 Iceberg Transport Costs
1.4.3 Product Differentiation
1.4.4 Increasing Returns to Scale
1.4.5 Economies of Scope
1.4.6 Regional Industrial Agglomeration
1.4.7 Region and Subregion

1.4.8 Perfect Asymmetry and Imperfect Symmetry
1.5 Major Arguments
1.6 Major Innovations
2 Integration and Industrial Cooperation
2.1 Definition and Classification of Economic Integration
2.1.1 Major Theories About Economic Integration
2.1.2 Levels of Economic Integration
2.2 Forms and Characteristics of RIEI
2.2.1 Preferential Trade Arrangement (PTA) or Preferential Tariff Area
2.2.2 Free Trade Area (FTA)
2.2.3 Customs Union
2.2.4 Common Market
2.2.5 Economic Union
2.2.6 Complete Economic Integration
2.3 Types and Characteristics of SIEI

2.3.1 No Sovereignty Ceding or Supernational Authorities
2.3.2 Geographic Proximity and Geographic Relationships
2.3.3 Open Internal Market
2.3.4 Extensive Cooperation
2.4 Industrial Cooperation and Industrial Clusters
2.5 Regional Division of Labor and Specialization
2.5.1 Development Stage, Spatial Agglomeration and Trade Costs
2.5.2 Development Stage, Specialization and Trade Costs
2.6 Economic Development and Industrial Dispersion
2.7 Summary
3 B-C SIEI
3.1 Empirical Evidence
3.1.1 GMS
3.1.2 Southern ASEAN Growth Triangle

3.1.3 East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)
3.1.4 South Asia Growth Quadrangle (SAGQ)
3.2 Theoretical Model
3.3 Border Effects and Industrial Agglomeration Conditions
3.3.1 Border Effects
3.3.2 Industrial Agglomeration Conditions
3.4 Physical Geographical Barriers and Domestic Iceberg Costs
3.4.1 Effects of Physical Geographical Barriers
3.4.2 Domestic Iceberg Transport Costs
3.5 Difference in Primary Resource Endowments
3.6 Institutional Barriers and Costs of International Agreements
3.6.1 Institutional Barrier Effects of Borders

3.6.2 Costs of International Agreements
3.7 Summary
4 B-B SIEI
4.1 Empirical Evidence
4.1.1 China-Kazakhstan Cross-Border Cooperation (China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Center for Border Cooperation)
4.1.2 Northern ASEAN Growth Triangle (Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle, IMT-GT)
4.1.3 Tumen River Growth Triangle
4.1.4 Cross-Border Cooperation in the Upper Rhine Region
4.1.5 US-Mexico Economic Cooperation in Transborder Region
4.1.6 Bilateral Border Cooperation Respectively Between Yunnan, China and Vietnam, Northern Laos, and Northern Thailand