The political economy of regionalism

European Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 563-593

  Goyal, Sanjeev ^a,b   Staal, Klaas ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity; Referendum; Secession; Unequal union

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONALISM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 16544371462     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(02)00329-X     Document Type: Article

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