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In reality, almost all existing cases of economic integration were either proposed or formed for political reasons even though the arguments popularly put forward in their favour were expressed in terms of possible economic gains. However, no matter what the motives for economic integration are, it is still necessary to analyse the economic implications of such geographically discriminatory groupings.
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El-Agraa, A.M. (1988). The Theory of Economic Integration. In: El-Agraa, A.M. (eds) International Economic Integration. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09163-8_2
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