... FINANCIAL INTEGRATION IN EAST ASIA 1653 © 2006 The AuthorsJournal compilation © Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2006 3. THE DATA We consider nine countries in East Asia: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, ... continues, the share of intra -regional trade is expected to grow further. In East Asia, there has also been a rapid increase in international capitalmobility, as East Asia has been deregulating ... movements. The remainder of the paper follows in five sections. In Section 2, we brieflyreview how trade and financial integration have advanced in East Asia. In Section 3, we explain the data used in the...