Worldwide versus Regional Integration: Is there an Optimum Size of the Integrated Area?

Richard N. Cooper

Chapter 2 in Economic Integration: Worldwide, Regional, Sectoral, 1976, pp 41-60 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract A skilful programme committee chooses for its conference papers titles that deceive in their simplicity but that on close inspection turn out not to be simple at all and that raise more questions than an author can hope to answer in the 5000 words allotted him. They thus lay the groundwork for future research and for future conferences. Certainly the title of this paper is deceptively simple, yet it cloaks a problem that goes to the heart of political theory: how should human beings organise their collective endeavours, especially those that require governmental action, so as to achieve best their diverse and often conflicting objectives?

Keywords: Public Good; Regional Integration; Economic Integration; Regional Grouping; Custom Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1976
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (7)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-02571-8_3

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781349025718

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-02571-8_3

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in International Economic Association Series from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().