Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword ix -- Acknowledgments xiii -- The Research Project and Team xv -- 1. Regional Integration Agreements 1 -- 2. Politics and Policymaking 11 -- 3. Economic Benefits and Costs 29 -- 4. Policy Choices 63 -- 5. Trade Blocs and the World Trading System 93...

We develop a theory of economic disintegration that features both endogenously formed tax and trade policies. We show very generally that the economic disintegration of a country from an economic union leads to a deeper integration of international trade institutions. Moreover, we set up a...