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
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spelling	okr-10986-188512021-04-23T14:03:46Z Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions Schiff, Maurice 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 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 over time. Ethier argues (1998, 1999) that multilateral trade liberalization led to the recent wave of regional integration arrangements. Alesina and others (1997), in discussing the number and size of countries, argue that multilateral trade liberalization leads to political disintegration, with an increase in the number of countries. Combining the two arguments, the author hypothesizes that as multilateral trade liberalization proceeds, and the number of regional integration arrangements increases, the ratio of free trade areas to customs unions also increases. The data, which show that ratio increasing in the 1990s, are consistent with the hypothesis. 2014-06-30T19:14:13Z 2014-06-30T19:14:13Z 2000-05 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2350 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Schiff, Maurice Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2350
description	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 over time. Ethier argues (1998, 1999) that multilateral trade liberalization led to the recent wave of regional integration arrangements. Alesina and others (1997), in discussing the number and size of countries, argue that multilateral trade liberalization leads to political disintegration, with an increase in the number of countries. Combining the two arguments, the author hypothesizes that as multilateral trade liberalization proceeds, and the number of regional integration arrangements increases, the ratio of free trade areas to customs unions also increases. The data, which show that ratio increasing in the 1990s, are consistent with the hypothesis.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Schiff, Maurice
author_facet	Schiff, Maurice
author_sort	Schiff, Maurice
title	Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions
title_short	Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions
title_full	Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions
title_fullStr	Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions
title_full_unstemmed	Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions
title_sort	multilateral trade liberalization and political disintegration : implications for the evolution of free trade aareas and customs unions
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	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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Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unions

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