Assessment and Measurement of Regional Integration

A unique examination of why the quest for global free trade often forgets that trade liberalization is organized regionally rather than multilaterally.

There are now more than 250 regional integration initiatives and this number is steadily increasing. This trend raises a key question: What is the impact of regional integration, both for the countries involved and for those excluded from regional integration schemes?

Using a combined economic, political science and scientific approach, this...