Preface -- Contents -- Part I The Formation of Free Trade Agreements -- 1 Expansion of Free Trade Agreements, Overlapping Free Trade Agreements, and Market Size -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Model -- 1.3 Preliminary Results -- 1.3.1 Initial Situation: No FTA -- 1.3.2 Feasibility of Bilateral...

This book investigates the impact of diverse cultures on the development and actualization of global economic entities, exploring advanced methods and best practices for the effective utilization and management of financial organizations within a globalized political context.

During the second half of the twentieth century, competition policy has been accorded an increasingly prominent role in the policy portfolios of industrialized nations. Since the late 1940s, when twenty-three nations ratified the first General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), tariff...