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The recent resurgence of regionalism has raised concerns that regionalism may undermine the spirit of global free trade. This paper examines a simple four-country model of welfare-maximizing customs-union formation in which the number of customs union: and their sizes are endogenously determined. Customs unions are stepping stones toward global free trade under the open membership (open regionalism) rule. However, customs unions can be (and typically are) stumbling blocks against global free trade under exclusive membership rules, such as the unanimous regionalism rule.

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Article provided by Eastern Economic Association in its journal Eastern Economic Journal.

Volume (Year): 22 (1996)
Issue (Month): 4 (Fall)
Pages: 467-475

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Handle: RePEc:eej:eeconj:v:22:y:1996:i:4:p:467-475

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Keywords: Customs Union; Free Trade; Trade; Welfare;

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• F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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1. Pravin Krishna, . "Regionalism and Multilaterialism: A Political Economy Approach," Working Papers 96-5, Brown University, Department of Economics.
   
   • Pravin Krishna, 1998. "Regionalism And Multilateralism: A Political Economy Approach," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 113(1), pages 227-250, February.
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   • Baldwin, Richard, 1993. "A Domino Theory of Regionalism," CEPR Discussion Papers 857, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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1. Islam, Sulequl, 2003. "Expansions of the European Union and the NAFTA: Implications for New and Non-Member countries," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 3(2).
2. Carlo Carraro & Barbara Buchner, 2006. "Regional and sub-global climate blocs. A game-theoretic perspective on bottom-up climate regimes," Working Papers 2006_10, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari".
   
   • Carlo Carraro & Barbara Buchner, 2005. "Regional and Sub-Global Climate Blocs.A Game-Theoretic Perspective on Bottom-up Climate Regimes," Working Papers 2005.21, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
   • Buchner, Barbara & Carraro, Carlo, 2005. "Regional and Sub-Global Climate Blocs. A Game-Theoretic Perspective on Bottom-up Climate Regimes," CEPR Discussion Papers 5034, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

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