The paper explores the nature of rule systems in the Single European Market. It investigates the influence of firms in the legislative process and examines corporate responses in rule-governed conditions within the Single Market. It demonstrates that there have been very diverse outcomes for...

The purpose of this paper is to explore economic and political implications of Europe's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) for developing countries.

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of the localisation of industrial activity in Spain during the second half of thenineteenth century and the effects of economic integration in Spain's industrial geography. First, we review the historical analysis of these changes. Second,...

Current trade liberalization in Europe has stimulated the theoretical and empirical analysis of the effects of economic integration on industrial location. The aim of this paper is to analyse, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of trade liberalization and market integration in 19th...

By employing a simple three-country model in which there are two exporting countries and one consuming country, this paper analyses the consequences of one-country strategic distortion of the objectives of trade policy. It finds that although an exporting country can benefit from strategic...

Administrative and political reorganization is being actively debated even in the mature, stable economies of Western Europe. This paper investigates the possibility of such reorganization being tied to the integration of economic markets. The paper describes the equilibrium of a game where...

The paper deals with specific issues concerning the relationship between regional development strategies and EU integration of the Central and Eastern European Accession Countries (CEECs). In this context the possible role of pre-accession regional development aid and the future interventions by...

This paper assesses the nature and degree of bilateral economic integration preceding and following the implementation of the Canada- U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA). Various price-based and quantity- based indicators of economic integration are assessed. Results vary depending upon the...