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Optimal Customs Union

An Optimal Customs Union is a theoretical construct in international economics that represents a formally defined integration arrangement among sovereign states in which member countries eliminate internal tariffs and adopt a harmonized external trade policy, structured to maximize collective welfare gains while minimizing efficiency losses under specific economic and political constraints.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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The Theory of Customs Unions: A General Survey

Richard G. Lipsey · The Economic Journal · 1960 · 454 citations

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Endogenous formation of customs unions under imperfect competition: open regionalism is good

Sang‐Seung Yi · Journal of International Economics · 1996 · 299 citations · Full text

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Economies of Scale and Customs Union Theory

W. Max Corden · Journal of Political Economy · 1972 · 263 citations

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A Second Elementary Proposition Concerning the Formation of Customs Unions

Murray C. Kemp, Koji Shimomura · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 1998 · 252 citations

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Optimal Tariff Equilibria with Customs Unions

John Kennan, Raymond Riezman · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 1990 · 204 citations

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Authors

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  1. MC
    Murray C. Kemp

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    3 publications · 436 citations

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  2. HR
    Horst Raff

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

    2 publications · 140 citations

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  3. KG
    Konstantine Gatsios

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 83 citations

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  4. SY
    Sang‐Seung Yi

    Dartmouth College, United States

    2 publications · 310 citations

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  5. MR
    Martin Richardson

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    2 publications · 78 citations

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Institutions

42

  1. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    236 citations

  2. Kiel Institute for the World Economy

    Kiel, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    542 citations

  5. Athens University of Economics and Business

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  8. Toronto Metropolitan University

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

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Venues

  1. The Economic Journal

    7 publications · 869 citations

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  2. European Economic Review

    4 publications · 218 citations

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  3. Journal of Political Economy

    JPE · 3 publications · 402 citations

    3

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  4. The Review of Economic Studies

    3 publications · 213 citations

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 70 citations

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