0 the way that an area of the world containing several countries becomes more economically or politically important than the particular countries within that area: --
They are sophisticated accounts of the conceptual framework of the regionalization of state power and the struggle of minorities for autonomy.
There has in fact been a 'regionalization of the polity',30 which has significantly complicated the federal mosaic.
However, the municipalities actually provide the ser vices and regulate medical equipment and regionalization of ser vices.
In the same way as trade networks contribute to regionalization of trade, policy networks among governments lead to a closer regional coordination of trade policies.
First, regionalization can increase consumer surplus but the benefits may be substantially less than implied by examining only the outcome side of the equation.
That is, on average regionalization increases welfare; but consumers gain less than half of that improvement.
A significant reduction in hospital competition may very well erase the gains in consumer welfare from regionalization.
While regionalization may improve outcomes, it also reduces market competition, which has been found to lower prices and improve health care quality.
