Market Integration, Regionalism and the Global Economy

1. Introduction Richard Baldwin, Daniel Cohen, Andre Sapir and Anthony Venables; Part I. Regionalism and the Global Economy L. Alan Winters: 2. Discussion Andre Sapir; 3. Preferential agreements and the multilateral trading system Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger; Discussion Raquel Fernandez; 4. Politics and trade policy Elhanan Helpman; Discussion Thierry Verdier; 5. Globalisation and labour, or if globalisation is a bowl of cherries, why are there so many glum faces around the table Dani Rodrik; Discussion Alasdair Smith; 6. Openness and wage inequality in developing countries: the Lation American challenge to East Asian conventional wisdom; Discussion Riccardo Faini; Part II. Market Integration and Regionalism: 7. Operationalising the theory of optimum currency areas Tamim Bayoumi and Barry Eichengreen; Discussion Jean Pisani-Ferry; 8. European Migrants: an endangered species? Riccardo Faini; Discussion Richard Baldwin; 9. Geography and specialisation: industrial belts on a circular plain Anthony J. Venables; Discussion Alisdair Smith; 10. Convergence ... an overview Giuseppe Bertola; Discussion Daniel Cohen; 11. Convergence as distribution dynamics (with or without growth) Danny T. Quah; Discussion Lucrezia Reichlin.