The book provides an overview of some of the recent techniques that have been applied to an understanding of the structure of regional and interregional exchange within national economies. The issues range from an evaluation of NAFTA, comparisons of regional economies, structral change over time...

This paper investigates the impact of regional free-trade-area (FTA) agreements on the ability of countries to multilaterally cooperate within an economic environment characterized by trade- flow volatility. We show that the parallel formation of different FTAs leads to a gradual but permanent...

This chapter provides a description of the RHOMOLO model, a Spatial CGE model, developed and used by the European Commission for the impact assessment of policies at the regional level. Special emphasis is put on the innovation mechanisms underlying the model. Moreover, it discusses the...