Asia and global production networks : implications for trade, incomes and economic vulnerability / edited by Benno Ferrarini, Senior Economist, Economics and Research Department, Asia Development Bank, Philippines, David Hummels, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Purdue University and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, USA.

Co-publication of the Asian Development Bank and Edward Elgar Publishing -- Title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Asia and global production networks : implications for trade, incomes and economic vulnerability / Benno Ferrarini and David Hummels -- Developing a GTAP-based multi-region, input-output framework for supply chain analysis / Terrie L. Walmsley, Thomas Hertel and David Hummels -- The vulnerability of the Asian supply chain to localized disasters / Thomas Hertel, David Hummels and Terrie L. Walmsley -- Global supply chains and natural disasters : implications for international trade / Laura Puzzello and Paul Raschky -- Vertical specialization, tariff shirking and trade / Alyson C. Ma and Ari Van Assche -- Changes in the production stage position of People's Republic of China trade / Deborah Swenson -- External rebalancing, structural adjustment, and real exchange rates in developing Asia / Andrei Levchenko and Jing Zhang -- Global supply chains and macroeconomic relationships in Asia / Menzie Chinn -- Mapping global value chains and measuring trade in tasks / Hubert Escaith -- The development and future of factory Asia / Richard Baldwin and Rikard Forslid.