Is Regionalism an Increasing Feature of the World Economy?

Is Regionalism an Increasing Feature of the World Economy?

Is Regionalism an Increasing Feature of the World Economy?
cited as evidence that regionalism is growing at an accelerating rate. lyse the number of RTAs and the share of world trade criteria in order to show why both are meaningless in the current world economy. assess, the threat to the multilateral trading system does not appear to be as large as is often reported, because the long-term dynamics of RTAs lead either to state formation, which is important but rare, or to ineffectiveness, which is the fate of the vast majority of RTAs. Series  Suggested CitationPomfret, Richard, "Is Regionalism an Increasing Feature of the World Economy?".The World Economy, Vol. Resources To search for other abstracts in the SSRN archival database, click here. s-serif;font-weight : normal;font-size: 12px;color : Black;}© 2008 Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. UseThis page was served by apollo4 in 0.125 seconds.