This issue of the Journal is devoted to physical integration in Latin America. The Editorial Committee set about … broad spectrum. Regional physical integration is supported by a wide range of instruments, such as infrastructure works to …

for the issue of rapid convergence to the best system. In addition, we introduce a formal concept of complementarity and … complementarity, that there even is the possibility of a convergence towards a common system which is economically inferior. And in … the specific case of European integration, inefficient convergence of corporate governance systems is a possible future …

systems waffle, as D. Schneider has called it). We have found the concept of complementarity to be very helpful in this … complementarity and coherence, and the specific indicators used to quantify them, the paper moves on to apply these concepts by … that the concept of complementarity has far-reaching implications for all efforts to shape, and possibly improve, the …

Cooperation. The economic relations assumed the integration forms. …

This paper provides a textbook example of integration between commodity markets, and the subsequent price convergence …-varying coefficient estimation applying the Kalman filter, to test whether price convergence between different locations is really taking … perfect price convergence between these locations; on the other hand, liberalization on the continent does not seem to be …

Economic integration in Europe has been accompanied by concerns about the impact of integration on regional disparities … in the EU. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of the most recent EU enlargement on convergence among … countries and regions in the EU27. Departing from a new economic geography framework, we focus on integration effects caused by …