Olarreaga, Marcelo; Soloaga, Isidro; Winters, L. Alan - 2005
Most researchers focus on the political economy (interest group pressures) approach to analyzing why customs unions are … literature on trade follows two different approaches to explaining the endogenous formation of customs unions: (1) The terms … interest group pressures (political economy) approach, in which, for example, the customs union may offer the potential for …