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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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dc.contributor.authorSchiff, Maurice
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-30T19:14:13Z
dc.date.available2014-06-30T19:14:13Z
dc.date.issued2000-05
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/437227/multilateral-trade-liberalization-political-disintegration-implications-evolution-free-trade-areas-customs-unions
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2350
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18851
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2350
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectANDEAN PACT
dc.subjectANTI-MARKET POLICIES
dc.subjectANTI-TRADE
dc.subjectBLOC WELFARE
dc.subjectCAPITAL GOODS
dc.subjectCENTRAL BANK
dc.subjectCHANNEL
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCOMMON MARKET
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCURRENCY
dc.subjectCURRENCY AREA
dc.subjectCUSTOMS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS UNION
dc.subjectCUSTOMS UNION FORMATION
dc.subjectCUSTOMS UNIONS
dc.subjectDECOLONIZATION
dc.subjectDEEP INTEGRATION
dc.subjectDYNAMIC GAINS
dc.subjectEAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC COMMUNITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DOMINANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC LOSS
dc.subjectECONOMIC THEORIES
dc.subjectEVIDENCE CUSTOMS UNIONS
dc.subjectEXOGENOUS REDUCTION IN TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXTERNAL BARRIERS
dc.subjectEXTERNAL TARIFF
dc.subjectEXTERNALITY
dc.subjectFREE MOVEMENT
dc.subjectFREE MOVEMENT OF FACTORS
dc.subjectFREE MOVEMENT OF LABOR
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectFREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectFREE TRADE AREA
dc.subjectFREE TRADE AREAS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectGROWING TRADE
dc.subjectHARMONIZATION
dc.subjectHARMONIZATION OF REGULATIONS
dc.subjectHIGH TARIFFS
dc.subjectHIGH TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectIMPORT DUTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME LOSSES
dc.subjectINCOME TRANSFERS
dc.subjectINTEGRATION MEASURES
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE INPUTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL RIVERS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY
dc.subjectLDCS
dc.subjectMANUFACTURED GOODS
dc.subjectMARKET SIZE
dc.subjectMEMBER COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMONETARY COMMUNITY
dc.subjectMONETARY POLICY
dc.subjectMONETARY UNION
dc.subjectMULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectMULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION EPISODES
dc.subjectMULTILATERAL SYSTEM
dc.subjectMULTILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectMULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectMULTILATERALISM
dc.subjectNATION-STATES
dc.subjectNATIONAL BODIES
dc.subjectOPEN TRADE
dc.subjectOPEN TRADE REGIME
dc.subjectOPENNESS
dc.subjectPARETO OPTIMUM
dc.subjectPARTNER COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPARTNER COUNTRY
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOINT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INTEGRATION
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION METHODS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION STRUCTURE
dc.subjectPROTECTIONISM
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICIES
dc.subjectRAW MATERIALS
dc.subjectREGIONAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectREGIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL INTEGRATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectREGIONAL INTEGRATION ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subjectREGIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectREGIONALISM
dc.subjectRULES OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectSOUTHERN AFRICA
dc.subjectSTRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY
dc.subjectTARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subjectTARIFF EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectTARIFF RATES
dc.subjectTARIFF REVENUES
dc.subjectTARIFF SCHEDULE
dc.subjectTARIFF STRUCTURE
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTERMS OF TRADE
dc.subjectTRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectTRADE BLOCS
dc.subjectTRADE DIVERSION
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRADE REGIME
dc.subjectTRADE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subjectTRADING SYSTEM
dc.subjectUNILATERAL REFORMS
dc.subjectUNILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectUNILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectWEST
dc.subjectWORLD EXPORTS
dc.titleMultilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration : Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Aareas and Customs Unionsen
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okr.crossref.titleMultilateral Trade Liberalization and Political Disintegration: Implications for the Evolution of Free Trade Areas and Customs Unions
okr.date.disclosure2000-05-31
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:19:05.595942Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/437227/multilateral-trade-liberalization-political-disintegration-implications-evolution-free-trade-areas-customs-unions
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid289771468766224730
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2350
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_00063005311738
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum437227
okr.identifier.reportWPS2350
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okr.sectorIndustry and trade :: Other domestic and international trade
okr.themeTrade and integration :: Regional integration
okr.themeTrade and integration :: Other trade and integration
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Regional Integration
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Policy
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Free Trade
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Rules of Origin
okr.topicEarth Sciences and GIS
okr.unitTrade, Development Research Group
okr.volume1
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