International Economic Integration

This volume focuses on theoretical aspects of international integration, on problems of European integration and on economic integration outside Europe. It also serves as a reader on these aspects. The reader is informed about integration processes on a broad range of topics. Effects of factor market integration, financial integration, overlapping integration areas, linkages between monetary union and political union are analyzed. The book includes case studies about West African monetary integration, about integration in East Asia and about NAFTA - the North American Free Trade Agreement.