外部关税约束、自由贸易区规模与世界自由贸易

该文在外部关税约束条件下分析了几种不同类型的自由贸易区与世界自由贸易的关系,该文结果显示,一个实行开放成员国地位的自由贸易区可以实现世界自由贸易,但是当自由贸易区以追求成员国福利最大化为目标时,在世界规模大于4时,该自由贸易区的扩张不可能最终实现世界自由贸易.该文还研究了对称的自由贸易区是否可以通过进一步的融合从而把世界变成一个一体化的自由贸易区,结果显示,具有对称市场能力的自由贸易区可以通过进一步的融合提高成员国福利,从而最终实现世界自由贸易.

EXOGENOUS TARIFF CONSTRAIN,THE SIZE OF FREE TRADE AREAS AND WORLD FREE TRADE

Based on exogenous tariff constrain, this paper analysis the relation between thefree trade areas (FTAs) and world free trade. The result shows that if the FTA has an open dooror open membership policy, global free trade will be obtained. But if the FTA pursues the goal ofmaximum member countries'welfare, global free trade cannot be obtained when world containsmore than 4 countries. The paper also analysis whether the FTAs can make further merge and atlast obtain global free trade, it show that the symmetri...