西方关税同盟贸易效应的理论与实证研究

Theoretical and Empirical Research of the Trade Effect of Western Customs Union

关税同盟理论是西方区域经济一体化理论的核心。区别于现有关税同盟的综述文章,作者将目前西方探讨关税同盟贸易效应的观点按照逻辑关系分成三个方面进行阐述:其一是关税同盟的利益来源;其二是关税同盟的产生原因;其三是最优对外关税的决定。本文也归纳了西方对关税同盟贸易效应进行经验分析的常用方法,并对已有的理论和实证观点进行评价。

Customs union theory is the core of western theories on regional economic integration. Different from the existent summarizing papers on customs union, the author discusses the western viewpoints on the trade effect of customs unions from three logically connected aspects ： first, the interest source of customs union ; second, the reasons for the formation of customs union; and third, the determination of optimal external tariffs. This paper also sums up the methods that are often used to make empirical analyses of the trade effect of customs union in the west and evaluates the existent theories and empirical viewpoints.