Economic Integration

Author : Richard Pomfret
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674259430

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The Economic Integration of Europe by Richard Pomfret Pdf

The clearest and most up-to-date account of the achievements—and setbacks—of the European Union since 1945. Europe has been transformed since the Second World War. No longer a checkerboard of entirely sovereign states, the continent has become the largest single-market area in the world, with most of its members ceding certain economic and political powers to the central government of the European Union. This shift is the product of world-historical change, but the process is not well understood. The changes came in fits and starts. There was no single blueprint for reform; rather, the EU is the result of endless political turmoil and dazzling bureaucratic gymnastics. As Brexit demonstrates, there are occasional steps backward, too. Cutting through the complexity, Richard Pomfret presents a uniquely clear and comprehensive analysis of an incredible achievement in economic cooperation. The Economic Integration of Europe follows all the major steps in the creation of the single market since the postwar establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community. Pomfret identifies four stages of development: the creation of a customs union, the deepening of economic union with the Single Market, the years of monetary union and eastward expansion, and, finally, problems of consolidation. Throughout, he details the economic benefits, costs, and controversies associated with each step in the evolution of the EU. What lies ahead? Pomfret concludes that, for all its problems, Europe has grown more prosperous from integration and is likely to increase its power on the global stage.

Author : Mordechai Elihau Kreinin,Michael G. Plummer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781843767183

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Economic Integration and Development by Mordechai Elihau Kreinin,Michael G. Plummer Pdf

The intriguing and provocative results on the effects of the single European market and NAFTA make this short book worth a read, even if one is concerned only with how developing countries have been affected by regional trade agreements that do not include them. Peter J. Montiel, Journal of Regional Science This book is an excellent attempt to pin down the effects of regional economic integration on developing countries. . . it will prove to be a good guide for researchers and students of development economics working in the area of regional trading arrangements, and policymakers and governments which are in the process of exploring the possibilities of forming free trade areas. Pravakar Sahoo, Development Policy Review Students interested in either the methodological issues inherent in research on trade or on the economics of trading blocs in general would profit from the book. James J. Hentz, The European Journal of Development Research Questions related to the economics of regionalism became increasingly important beginning in the late 1980s, when regional groupings started to become very popular as a tool of commercial policy. The goal of this book is to address the question of whether or not regionalism in developed countries has truly benefited developing countries and to what degree regionalism among developing countries and between developed and developing countries will improve economic development prospects. Mordechai Kreinin and Michael Plummer consider the implications of the emerging global trend of economic regionalism for developing countries. The analysis focuses on the trade and investment effects of integration in developed countries on developing countries, as well as the ramifications of regional integration in the latter. After an extensive review of the theoretical and empirical literature pertinent to the economics of regionalism, the book considers the ex-post trade and direct-foreign-investment effects of the Single Market Program in Europe and NAFTA, followed by chapters on ASEAN and economic integration in Latin America, primarily MERCOSUR. The study suggests three salient conclusions. First, in designing preferential trading arrangements, developed countries should recognize and attempt to minimize the possible discriminating effect on developing countries. Second, the developing countries have an abiding interest in the success of WTO negotiations that would minimize the discrimination against them of regional groupings in Europe and North America. And third, any customs unions or free-trade areas among the developing countries themselves should be outward-looking if they are to enhance the welfare of developing countries. Economists and policy scholars, as well as readers interested in regionalism and economic development, will find this book a great resource.

Author : Rilka Dragneva,Kataryna Wolczuk,
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782544760

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Eurasian Economic Integration by Rilka Dragneva,Kataryna Wolczuk, Pdf

In this well-researched and detailed book, the editors provide an extensive and critical analysis of post-Soviet regional integration. After almost two decades of unfulfilled integration promises, a new _ improved and functioning _ regime emerged in th

Author : Ulrich Volz
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849809153

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Regional Integration, Economic Development and Global Governance by Ulrich Volz Pdf

This book explores a central issue of the world economy today: the role of regional integration for economic development and global governance. The importance of this issue comes from the fact that the globalisation process that we have been experiencing in recent decades is also a process of open regionalism. [¿] To what extent does this process contribute to development? The reader will find many interesting answers to this question in the book, [which] is an outstanding contribution to this debate. I welcome its publication and look forward to its influence on global debates on the relations between regional integration, development and global governance.' - From the foreword by José Antonio Ocampo, Columbia University, US The contributors expertly provide a comparative perspective on regional integration in different regions of the world while at the same time analysing the various facets of integration, relating to trade, FDI, finance and monetary policies. They provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject and offer new perspectives on the potential developmental effects of regional integration and the implications of regional integration for global economic governance. Whilst highlighting and illustrating the potential benefits deriving from regional economic integration, the book also stresses the problems and challenges regional integration processes are usually confronted with.

Author : Helmut Asche
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030753665

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Regional Integration, Trade and Industry in Africa by Helmut Asche Pdf

This book examines the past, present and prospects of regional economic integration in Africa. The empirical analysis ranges from unions formed during the years following independence, to the proposed African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which aims to remove trade barriers between all 55 African states. In addition, the book explores to what extent Africa’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs) have advanced in accordance with a linear integration model of goods, labor and capital markets. The book subsequently evaluates the suitability of the European model of deep integration with costly institutions for the conditions specific to Africa, considering, for example, the role of informal and non-recorded trade. Stylized cases of regional division of labour with increasing returns and imperfect competition are introduced to support the economic integration logic. Past and current economic policies in Africa are scrutinized to answer the question: how can African regions best foster new manufacturing industries and value chains across the continent? In conclusion, the book outlines content and processes of Common Industrial Policy in the African regions. The book also addresses the controversial issue of international trade agreements between developing countries and the European Union or the USA and investigates whether these agreements impede or promote economic development in Africa. The book includes a detailed roadmap describing how to improve key clauses of agreements for economic partnership in the interest of African countries. In closing, it outlines a new vision of joint sustainable development for Africa and Europe.

Author : Walter Mattli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521635365

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The Logic of Regional Integration by Walter Mattli Pdf

In the late 1980s regional integration emerged as one of the most important developments in world politics. It is not a new phenomenon, however, and this 1999 book presents an analysis of integration across time, and across regions. Walter Mattli examines projects in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe, but also in Latin America, North America and Asia since the 1950s. Using the tools of political economy, he considers why some integration schemes have succeeded while many others have failed; what forces drive the process of integration; and under what circumstances outside countries seek to join. Unlike traditional political science approaches, the book stresses the importance of market forces in determining the outcome of integration; but unlike purely economic analyses, it also highlights the impact of institutional factors. The book will provide students of political science, economics, and European studies with a framework for the study of international cooperation.

Author : Bela Balassa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136646317

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The Theory of Economic Integration (Routledge Revivals) by Bela Balassa Pdf

First published in 1962, The Theory of Economic Integration provides an excellent exposition of a complex and far-reaching topic. Professor Balassa has been remarkably successful in covering so much ground with such care and balance, in a treatment which is neither in any way abstruse nor unnecessarily technical. His book will interest economists in Europe by reason of its subject and treatment, but it is also a valuable and reliable textbook for students tackling integration as part of a course of International Economics and for those studying Public Finance. He distinguishes between the various forms of integration (free trade area, customs union, common market, economics union, and total integration). In addition, he applies the theoretical principles to current projects such as the European Common Market and Free Trade Area, and to Latin American integration projects. In offering this theoretical study, the author builds on the conclusions of other writers, but goes beyond this in providing a unifying framework for previous contributions and in exploring questions that in the past received little attention – in particular, the relationship between economic integration and growth (especially the interrelationship between market size and growth, and the implications of various factors for economic growth in an integrated area).

Author : Franz P. Lang,Renate Ohr
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642484216

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International Economic Integration by Franz P. Lang,Renate Ohr Pdf

International economic integration is a topic upon which both academics and policy-makers are focusing a great deal of attention. This has perhaps been most marked in western Europe, given the establishing of the inter nal market and the prospects for an economic and monetary union. In parallel with the movement toward widening and deeping of western European economic integration, we find an increased integration of eastern Europe to world trade and finance as well as regional integration in North America and in East Asia. The book on hand provides a collection of recent research by leading scholars and practicians in this field. It is divided into three parts. The first part deals with some theoretical aspects of international integration, the second and the third part attend to implications of concrete forms of international integration inside and outside Europe. Part I starts with a neoclassical analysis of the impacts of factor-market integration by Franz Peter Lang. He investigates the effects on production level, production structure, demand level and structure of external trade of a "small integration area". Lang shows that the specific welfare effects of factor-market integration can only be realized if and only if external trade (between the integration area and the rest of the world) is increased too.

Author : Dariusz Adamski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108421423

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Redefining European Economic Integration by Dariusz Adamski Pdf

An innovative, bipartisan and comprehensive account of why European economic integration has been in disarray and how to fix it.

Author : Miroslav N. Jovanović
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849806008

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International Handbook on the Economics of Integration by Miroslav N. Jovanović Pdf

'International Handbook on the Economics of Integration edited by Miroslav Jovanovi? provides timely and rich academic contributions to considerations of the widest array of integration-related issues. European integration has been providing an inspiration to a number of academics and researchers. the Handbook is a recognition of the dynamic and strong solidarity of European integration. At the same time, the European Union often provided an example for integration schemes throughout the world which spread enormously since the mid-1990s. Leading experts from all continents contributed to this Handbook which will be a valuable input into academic and policy-making discussions and actions.' - José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

Author : Philippe De Lombaerde,Edgar J. Saucedo Acosta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319508603

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Indicator-Based Monitoring of Regional Economic Integration by Philippe De Lombaerde,Edgar J. Saucedo Acosta Pdf

This volume brings together experts from different world regions. It presents various experiences with building indicator systems for monitoring the implementation of regional economic integration policies such as preferential trade areas, common markets or economic and monetary unions. The volume discusses both the technical and governance aspects of such systems, and best practices. The regional experiences that are covered include: the European Union, Eurasia, ASEAN, the East African Community (EAC), COMESA, CARICOM, the African-Caribbean-Pacific Group, and the Americas. In addition, various chapters discuss cross-cutting methodological challenges related to trade-related indicators.

Author : Robert J. Barro,Jong-Wha Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199780778

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Costs and Benefits of Economic Integration in Asia by Robert J. Barro,Jong-Wha Lee Pdf

Costs and Benefits of Economic Integration in Asia brings together authoritative essays that identify and examine various initiatives to promote economic integration in Asia.

Author : Fritz Machlup
Publisher : Springer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1977-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349031719

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A History of Thought on Economic Integration by Fritz Machlup Pdf

Author : Victor L. Urquidi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520313668

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Free Trade and Economic Integration in Latin America by Victor L. Urquidi Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.

Author : Peter Robson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134751693

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The Economics of International Integration by Peter Robson Pdf

International economic integration can in many ways be seen as one of the everyday consequences of globalization. As communication lines grow shorter, more and more countries are seeing the use in hacking down trade barriers. This new edition of Peter Robson's classic text will doubtless please its many fans