Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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963094 | Journal of International Economics | 2013 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We study the endogenous formation of free trade areas and customs unions. ⺠Free trade areas can emerge if inequality in each country is sufficiently low. ⺠Customs union can emerge only among similar countries when inequality is low.
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Authors
Giovanni Facchini, Peri Silva, Gerald Willmann,