multilateral cooperation when countries are linked by international trade flows and transboundary pollution. …

conflicts. Trade and democracy are traditionally thought of as goods, both in themselves, and because they reduce the …

We examine the endogenous formation of trade blocs when markets are characterized by imperfect competition and … simple model of intra-industry trade between three ex-ante symmetric countries, we find that, while 'pure' customs unions … - entailing tariff cooperation only - are stepping stones towards global free trade, 'impure' customs unions - involving the …