European Integration
Trade and Industry

An important contribution to our understanding of the effects of the completion of the European internal market in 1992.

L. Alan Winters (Edited by), Anthony Venables (Edited by)

9780521435277, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 February 1993

260 pages, 12 b/w illus. 42 tables
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.373 kg

Much research has been devoted to the consequences of the completion of the European internal market in 1992. Existing estimates of the effects of market integration remain exploratory, however, and many important issues have yet to be adequately addressed. These are the issues concerning this book. Edited by L. Alan Winters and Anthony Venables, the volume examines such questions as the extent of gains to be expected from both 'internal' and 'external' economies of scale following integration, the implications of 1992 for the European Community's trade with its traditional EFTA partners, the potentially valuable new East European markets, and the rest of the world. There are also chapters considering the implications of the internal market for the design of appropriate technology and taxation policies, and a study of the role of Japanese foreign direct investment in European manufacturing.

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of conference participants
1. European integration: trade and industry L. Alan Winters and Anthony J. Venables
2. Completing the internal market in the EC: factor demands and comparative advantage Michael Gasiorek, Alasdair Smith and Anthony J. Venables
Discussion Paul Brenton
3. External effects and Europe's integration Riccardo J. Caballero and Richard K. Lyons
Discussion Alasdair Smith
4. The quality and production of textiles and clothing and the completion of the internal market Riccardo Faini and Alberto Heimler
Discussion Willem Molle
5. Competition and imports in the European market Alexis Jacquemin and André Sapir
Discussion Pier Carlo Padoan
6. The structure and determinants of East-West trade: a preliminary analysis of the manufacturing sector Damien J. Neven and Lars-Hendrik Röller
Discussion Fabrizio Onida
7. 1992 and EFTA Victor D. Norman
Discussion Carl B. Hamilton
8. Technology policy in the completed European market David Ulph
Discussion Arye L. Hillman
9. Corporation tax, foreign direct investment and the single market Michael Keen
Discussion Ian Wooton
10. Japanese direct manufacturing investment in Europe Stefano Micossi and Gianfranco Viesti
Discussion Hideki Yamawaki
Index.

Subject Areas: International economics [KCL]