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Post-Soviet Integration Breakthrough. Why the Customs Union Has More Chances Than Its Predecessors

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  • Vinokurov, Evgeny
  • Libman, Alexander

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Within a span of several years, post-Soviet integration has evolved from a largely paper project and rhetoric construct — which certain countries exploited to suit their domestic policies — into an important factor influencing economic development. However, its further prospects are unclear. On the one hand, it is the current format of a small group of countries with a clear objective (trade and economic rapprochement) that made the Customs Union a success. On the other hand, a truly big success can only be achieved by crossing the present-day borders — both geographic (for example, by stepping up interaction with China and the European Union) and functional — by handling the movement of production factors, ensuring uniform rules of the game (technical regulation, and access to monopolies’ services) and guaranteeing the coordination of macroeconomic policy.

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  • Vinokurov, Evgeny & Libman, Alexander, 2012. "Post-Soviet Integration Breakthrough. Why the Customs Union Has More Chances Than Its Predecessors," MPRA Paper 62026, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    regional integration; economic integration; post-Soviet; Russia; Eurasia; Customs Union; Kazakhstan; Eurasian Economic Union;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F5 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy

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