Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The theory of customs unions and free trade areas
  • 3. Broadening the framework
  • 4. Customs unions versus unilateral tariff reduction
  • 5. The rationale for the integration of other economic policies
  • 6. The theory of common markets
  • 7. The new economics of market integration
  • 8. Transnational corporations and regional integration
  • 9. Fiscal integration
  • 10. Fiscal harmonization
  • 11. Monetary integration
  • 12. Equity, cohesion and convergence: regional issues
  • 13. Economic integration in a global perspective: experience and initiatives.