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

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