Filippo di Mauro is Head of the External Developments Division at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. His first book was The External Dimension of the Euro Area (Cambridge, 2007), co-edited with Robert Anderton. Stephane Dees is Principal Economist in the External Developments Division at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Warwick J. McKibbin is Professor of International Economics and Executive Director of the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at the Australian National University, Canberra. He is also Professorial Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.

• List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction Stephane Dees, Filippo di Mauro and Warwick McKibbin; 1. International linkages in the context of global and regional integration Stephane Dees, Filippo di Mauro and Warwick McKibbin; 2. Trade integration of the Central and Eastern European countries and China: has it reached potential? Matthieu Bussiere and Bernd Schnatz; 3. Patterns and determinants of production fragmentation in world manufacturing trade Prema-chandra Athukorala and Nobuaki Yamashita; 4. Going global: trade, internationalisation of production and domestic performance of Euro area firms Ingo Geishecker, Holger Görg and Daria Taglioni; 5. Globalisation and the trade channel in the Euro area Robert Anderton and Filippo di Mauro; 6. Gauging the labour market effects of international trade openness: an application to the US manufacturing sector Isabel Vansteenkiste and Paul Hiebert; Index.

Filippo di Mauro is Head of the External Developments Division at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. His first book was The External Dimension of the Euro Area (Cambridge, 2007), co-edited with Robert Anderton. Stephane Dees is Principal Economist in the External Developments Division at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Warwick J. McKibbin is Professor of International Economics and Executive Director of the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at the Australian National University, Canberra. He is also Professorial Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.

• List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction Stephane Dees, Filippo di Mauro and Warwick McKibbin; 1. International linkages in the context of global and regional integration Stephane Dees, Filippo di Mauro and Warwick McKibbin; 2. Trade integration of the Central and Eastern European countries and China: has it reached potential? Matthieu Bussiere and Bernd Schnatz; 3. Patterns and determinants of production fragmentation in world manufacturing trade Prema-chandra Athukorala and Nobuaki Yamashita; 4. Going global: trade, internationalisation of production and domestic performance of Euro area firms Ingo Geishecker, Holger Görg and Daria Taglioni; 5. Globalisation and the trade channel in the Euro area Robert Anderton and Filippo di Mauro; 6. Gauging the labour market effects of international trade openness: an application to the US manufacturing sector Isabel Vansteenkiste and Paul Hiebert; Index.

Filippo di Mauro is Head of the External Developments Division at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. His first book was The External Dimension of the Euro Area (Cambridge, 2007), co-edited with Robert Anderton. Stephane Dees is Principal Economist in the External Developments Division at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Warwick J. McKibbin is Professor of International Economics and Executive Director of the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at the Australian National University, Canberra. He is also Professorial Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.

• List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction Stephane Dees, Filippo di Mauro and Warwick McKibbin; 1. International linkages in the context of global and regional integration Stephane Dees, Filippo di Mauro and Warwick McKibbin; 2. Trade integration of the Central and Eastern European countries and China: has it reached potential? Matthieu Bussiere and Bernd Schnatz; 3. Patterns and determinants of production fragmentation in world manufacturing trade Prema-chandra Athukorala and Nobuaki Yamashita; 4. Going global: trade, internationalisation of production and domestic performance of Euro area firms Ingo Geishecker, Holger Görg and Daria Taglioni; 5. Globalisation and the trade channel in the Euro area Robert Anderton and Filippo di Mauro; 6. Gauging the labour market effects of international trade openness: an application to the US manufacturing sector Isabel Vansteenkiste and Paul Hiebert; Index.