Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-422) and index.
Contents
General introduction -- Experience with regional integration -- The basic theory of regional integration -- Customs unions versus unilateral tariff reduction -- Customs unions versus free trade areas -- Common markets and economic unions -- Regional integration amongst developing nations -- Macroeconomics of integration -- Regional integration amongst centrally planned economies -- Regional integration and multilateralism -- Measuring the impact of regional integration -- Estimating the impact of integration on manufactures : the earlier studies -- Estimating the impact of integration on manufactures : more sophisticated attempts -- Estimating the impact of integration on manufactures : the latest contributions -- Estimating the benefits of the single market -- The costs of common agricultural policy of the European Union -- Estimating the effects of integration on the terms of trade -- Estimates of the effects of CMEA integration -- Estimates of the effects of regional integration among the LDC's -- A general perspective on measurement.
