The ECB has still not decided which monetary policy strategy to pursue from 1999. However, the preparatory work has reduced the posiible alternatives to two: a strategy of intermediate objectives fixed in terms of the quantity of money and a direct inflation targeting strategy. It would be also...

The removal of barriers to trade and mobility is usually promoted as it allows for greater division of labor and, thereby, for improved economic welfare. Recent theory, however, suggests that the integration of markets might have serious consequences for the regional allocation of economic...

The incidence of bilateral trade costs is calculated here using neglected properties of the structural gravity model, disaggregated by commodity and region, and re-aggregated into forms useful for economic geography. For Canada's provinces, 1992- 2003, incidence is on average some five times...

Power and conflict play virtually no role in mainstream economics, the main reason being the pervasive influence of the competitive model and the difficulty in incorporating quantitavely in formal models. Following some preliminary remarks on power, we proceed to an historical explanation of the...

The purpose of the present paper is to investigate whether Spain's accession to the European Union in 1986 caused a structural break in the allocation of total supplies of manufactures over domestic and foreign supplies. To that end we use the homogeneity-constrained Almost Ideal Demand System...

L'objectif general de cet article est de parler des tensions qui emergent des engagements de l'Union Europenne (UE) envers la cohesion et la solidarite sociale, ainsi que de l'heterogeneite qui caracterise les geographies humaines de l'Union. Dans ce but, nous adoptons des perspectives a la fois...

Southern Africa is strongly tied to the European economy, but their bilateral trade occurs in the context of a global economy. Any change with respect to one trading partner will have repercussions for other partners. This study aims to inform trade negotiations between South Africa and the...

This paper examines the potential for success for trade-focused regional integration agreements in Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular focus on Southern Africa. The paper surveys the existing literature on regional integration, and attempts to distill the most relevant lessons about success and...

The study is being carried out in two phases: the first focusing on a regionwide analysis and the second on an in-depth examination of possible country-specific strategies for ten Asian Developing Countries