4th Edition

The Economics of International Integration

By Peter Robson, Peter Robson Copyright 1998
350 Pages
by Routledge

350 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

This new edition of the an established introduction to the economics of regional integration among nation states, has been completely revised to reflect the latest developments in the past decade and current policy initiatives. Features of the new edition include: * revised and updated analysis of customs unions, free trade areas, common markets, fiscal integration and harmonisation, monetary... Read more
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

Biography

Peter Robson is Honorary Professor of Economics in the University of St Andrews. He has held visiting professorships at the College of Europe and the Universities of Amsterdam and Clermont-Ferrand.