In this paper I study policy responses to an increase in post-merger distress. I consider the integration of regions …

We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction … between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host countryś society, and economic assimilation as … income gap with the natives. In this way, social integration becomes a catalyst for economic assimilation. …

This paper considers the integration of economies as a merger of populations. The premise is that the merger of groups …