This paper analyzes the impact of regional integration on outside countries as well as member countries, using a simple model with product differentiation and increasing returns to scale. Major findings include: (I) economic integration surely benefits the member contries but definitely worsens...

This paper analyzes the economic impact of regional integration on agricultural trade. Using a simple Krugman-type model with tariff distortions, two propositions on the the impact of regionalism on trade flows are derived: (i) the impact of regional integration is stronger, when the degree of...

This paper analyses the impact of various configurations of regional economic integration on member countries as well as on outside countries under realistic assumptions. That is, we consider constant external tariffs as required by Article XXIV of the GATT and the asymmetric formation of the...

This paper analyses the economic impact of temporary and unskilled migrant workers in Japan, who are illegal according to the current Japanese immigration law but who have been dramatically increasing in recent years.

The world is increasingly interconnected with each other in terms of goods, money, and labor (international migration). In view of the importance of international migration in recent years, the purpose of this paper is to analyze, somewhat rigorously, the economic impact of migration on sending...