Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions

Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions

The author combines two theories - one about how multilateral trade liberalization affects regional integration, the other about how it affects political disintegration - to explain why the ratio of free trade areas to customs unions has increased...

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Main Author: Schiff, Maurice
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ANDEAN PACT
ANTI-MARKET POLICIES
ANTI-TRADE
BLOC WELFARE
CAPITAL GOODS
CENTRAL BANK
CHANNEL
COAL
COMMON MARKET
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMERS
CURRENCY
CURRENCY AREA
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS UNION
CUSTOMS UNION FORMATION
CUSTOMS UNIONS
DECOLONIZATION
DEEP INTEGRATION
DYNAMIC GAINS
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC DOMINANCE
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC LOSS
ECONOMIC THEORIES
EVIDENCE CUSTOMS UNIONS
EXOGENOUS REDUCTION IN TRADE BARRIERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL BARRIERS
EXTERNAL TARIFF
EXTERNALITY
FREE MOVEMENT
FREE MOVEMENT OF FACTORS
FREE MOVEMENT OF LABOR
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
FREE TRADE AREA
FREE TRADE AREAS
GDP
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
GEOGRAPHY
GROWING TRADE
HARMONIZATION
HARMONIZATION OF REGULATIONS
HIGH TARIFFS
HIGH TRADE BARRIERS
IMPORT DUTY
INCOME
INCOME LOSSES
INCOME TRANSFERS
INTEGRATION MEASURES
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL RIVERS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY
LDCS
MANUFACTURED GOODS
MARKET SIZE
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MONETARY COMMUNITY
MONETARY POLICY
MONETARY UNION
MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION
MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION EPISODES
MULTILATERAL SYSTEM
MULTILATERAL TRADE
MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION
MULTILATERALISM
NATION-STATES
NATIONAL BODIES
OPEN TRADE
OPEN TRADE REGIME
OPENNESS
PARETO OPTIMUM
PARTNER COUNTRIES
PARTNER COUNTRY
PER CAPITA INCOME
POINT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INTEGRATION
PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS
PRODUCTION METHODS
PRODUCTION STRUCTURE
PROTECTIONISM
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC POLICIES
RAW MATERIALS
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL INTEGRATION ARRANGEMENTS
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONALISM
RULES OF ORIGIN
SOUTHERN AFRICA
STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY
TARIFF BARRIERS
TARIFF EQUILIBRIUM
TARIFF RATES
TARIFF REVENUES
TARIFF SCHEDULE
TARIFF STRUCTURE
TAXATION
TERMS OF TRADE
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE BLOCS
TRADE DIVERSION
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REGIME
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
TRADING SYSTEM
UNILATERAL REFORMS
UNILATERAL TRADE
UNILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION
WEST
WORLD EXPORTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/437227/multilateral-trade-liberalization-political-disintegration-implications-evolution-free-trade-areas-customs-unions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18851

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/437227/multilateral-trade-liberalization-political-disintegration-implications-evolution-free-trade-areas-customs-unions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18851

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