Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185966 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
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[Journal:] Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics [ISSN:] 2235-6282 [Volume:] 146 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2010 [Pages:] 661-675
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper looks at the integration of regions and nations through the prism of the merger of populations. The paper employs a particular index of social dismay. It presents examples of two of the main results arising from the study of the merger of two populations: that the social dismay of an integrated population is greater than the sum of the social dismay of the constituent populations when apart, and that a self-contained, non-publicly financed policy aimed at retaining the levels of wellbeing of individuals at their pre-merger magnitudes cannot be implemented: there is not enough of a gain to compensate for the loss.
Subjects: 
Integration of regions and nations
Merging populations
Social dismay
Policy response
JEL: 
D02
D63
F55
P51
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