Format:
1 online resource (258 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780199756124
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9780199389513
Content:
Jacob Viner's The Customs Union Issue is indispensible for international economists, political scientists, and historians. This new edition places the book in the context of Viner's work and the post-WWI economic and political situation, traces the reception of Viner's work, and discusses its continuing relevance
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Cover -- THE CUSTOMS UNION ISSUE -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD TO THE 1950 EDITION GEORGE A. FINCH -- PREFACE GENE GROSSMAN -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION PAUL OSLINGTON -- Chapter I Introduction -- Chapter II The Compatibility of Customs Union with the Most-Favored-Nation Principle -- 1. The Criteria of a "Customs Union" -- 2. Diplomatic Controversies Arising out of Most-Favored-Nation Obligations of Members of Customs Unions -- 3. The Most-Favored-Nation Principle Not a Serious Barrier to Customs Unions -- Chapter III Exemption from Most-Favored-Nation Obligations of Preferential Arrangements other than Customs Union -- 1. Imperial Preference -- 2. Regional Agreements -- 3. Plurilateral Agreements -- Chapter IV The Economics of Customs Unions -- 1. Customs Union as an Approach to Free Trade -- 2. Customs Union and the "Terms of Trade" -- 3. Administrative Economies of Customs Union -- 4. Revenue Duties -- 5. The "Level" of the Customs Union Tariff -- 6. Increased Tariff Protection as the Major Economic Objective of Customs Unions -- 7. Cartels in Relation to Customs Unions -- 8. The Allocation of Customs Revenues -- Chapter V Political Aspects of Customs Union -- 1. The Location of Administrative Authority in Customs Unions -- 2. Customs Union and Neutrality Obligations -- 3. Customs Union and Political Unifi cation -- 4. Th e Austro-German Treaty of 1918 -- Chapter VI The Havana Charter and Customs Union -- 1. The Most-Favored-Nation Principle -- 2. Exemptions from Most-Favored-Nations Obligations of Customs Unions, Free-Trade Areas, and Interim Agreements -- 3. Exemptions from Most-Favored-Nation Obligations of Agreements in the Interest of Economic Development, Including Regional Agreements -- 4. Relations with Non-Members -- 5. Significance of the Havana Charter for the Customs Union Question
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Chapter VII Prospects for Customs Unions -- 1. Customs Unions Now in Operation or in Active Process of Negotiation -- 2. Customs Union in Western Europe -- 3. Obstacles to the Formation of Customs Unions -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Additional Edition:
Print version Viner, Jacob The Customs Union Issue Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2014 ISBN 9780199756124
Language:
English
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