This study surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and
economic growth, and succinctly reviews the role of GATT/WTO in fostering free trade. Most …

This article reviews the theoretical and the empirical literature on regionalism. The formation
of regional trade agreements has been, by far, the most popular form of reciprocal trade …

This chapter presents a novel political economy mechanism–what might be called the
spaghetti bowls as building blocs mechanism and used to argue that systematic political …

Organizações Internacionais 2a edição apresenta os principais conceitos e discussões
referentes às organizações internacionais (intergovernamentais e não-governamentais) …

This review of recent literature on political, economic, and cultural regionalism shows that
this area of inquiry has become increasingly fragmented not only as a result of debates …

This paper begins by systematically developing the “static” theory of preferential trade areas
(PTAs) and showing that neither a large volume of initial intra-union trade nor geographical …

This paper analyzes the developmental trade-offs involved in multilateral versus regional-
bilateral strategies of integration into the international economy. I contrast the regulations …

Since the early 1990s the world has seen an explosion of preferential trade agreements
(PTAs) between North and South. Mark Manger argues that current North-South PTAs are …

Thought-provoking and clearly explained, the new edition provides students of international
economics and international business with a rigorous explanation of global economic theory …

The Eurasian continent, which has for over a century lagged behind in global markets, is
currently gaining economic and political momentum. This book investigates emerging …