Guillermo HILLCOAT
Regional Integration
This seminar comprises of three axes.
The first axe introduces the concept of integration within the theory. Firstly, the
traditional theory of regional integration is invoked. There are objectives of the
theory: to analyze the consequences of the construction of a regional bloc on the
welfare of the members and to compare the efficiency of the various forms of
integration. Next, we go on to present the controversies on new regionalism: is
regional integration a substitute or complement for multilateralism?
The second axe is designed to analyze, via comparative statics, the different
processes of integration. Starting with the most advanced experience, the
Common Market and European Monetary Union, we then analyze both
challenges and achievements of American and Asian integration processes.
The final axe considers the role of emerging countries in the trend of
globalization and in terms of formalizing free trade agreements and regional
integration. The focal point of such studies is to look at preferential treaties
formalized among developing countries and between developing countries and
the advanced economies.
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ANTONI ESTEVADEORDAL
MATTHEW SHEARER
KATI SUOMINEN
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State of Play and Ways Forward
BID, Working Paper Series, Nov 2009
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GUILLERMO HILLCOAT
Les enjeux de l’intégration régionale dans les Amériques
VI International Colloquium
Macrodynamic Capability and Economic Development
University of Brasilia, 23 mars 2007
GUILLERMO HILLCOAT ET NICOLE MADARIAGA (2003) « CAN-Mercosur :
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Chap 31 Regional economic integration
Handbook of international economics
volume 3, 1995, Pages 1597-1644
RAMON CLARETE, CHRISTOPHER EDMONDS, JESSICA SEDDON WALLACK
Asian regionalism and its effects on trade
in the 1980s and 1990s
Erd working paper series N° 30
Asian Development Bank, Nov 2002.