Abstract From:
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Lukas Hohl Universitaet Basel
Author(s): Gabriele Camera, Lukas Hohl and Rolf Weder
ABSTRACT:
Trade theory stipulates that countries prosper when their members choose to economically integrate with other countries. But recent events - ``Brexit' and the independence vote in the Spanish region of Catalonia - indicate a growing desire for economic disintegration. Here we report results of a laboratory investigation of how size and distribution of gains from economic integration affect cohesiveness and outcomes in an integrated economy, and individuals' choice to leave it. Author(s): Gabriele Camera, Lukas Hohl and Rolf Weder