The Economics of Regional Trading Arrangements

ISBN-13: 9780199248872 / Miękka / 2002 / 472 str.

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Opis

Regionalism became a major issue in international commercial diplomacy during the 1990s. The European Union's 1992 program, the formation of NAFTA, and attempts to form or strengthen regional trading arrangements in South America, southern Africa, and Southeast Asia were all viewed as challenges to the nondiscrimination principle that had been the cornerstone of the postwar international trading system. This book provides a unified analysis of policies which discriminate among trading partners, featuring ample treatments of both history and theory as well as a review of empirical studies.

Recenzje

Pomfret's study is one of the best available surveys of the varied issues that regionalism presents in its specifically trading aspects. [His] review of mainstream theory and its leading extensions is a model of penetration and clarity.

O autorze

Richard Pomfret is Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide.