The economic borders in the age of globalization

Soproni, Luminita (2013): The economic borders in the age of globalization. Published in: Adrian-Claudiu Popoviciu, Dana Cigan (editors), The frontier worker - new perspectives on the labor market in the border regions, C.H. BECK Bucharest, 2013 (2013): pp. 53-62.

Abstract

The importance of the economic borders of the nations is diminishing continuously, and this phenomenon is strongly linked to regionalization and globalization. We consider that the starting point of the idea that economic borders (represented by nations’ commercial policies) are irrelevant for the global economic activity is in fact Adam Smith’ theory about the liberty of choice and exchange in the international trade. In order to adapt to the new globalization context, the borders have acquired a dynamic meaning, exceeding its condition of a past world, little interconnected.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: borders, trade, economic integration, world economy
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F15 - Economic Integration; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy; F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization

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