The Bulletin of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences № 4/2025. World Economy. 

Anna V. Belitskaya

Dr. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Entrepreneurial Law of the Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

ORCID: 0000-0002-6988-4022

Artem A. Yakovlev

Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Leading Researcher, Institute of Economics of the RAS, Moscow, Russia

ORCID: 0009-0004-5579-4458

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: A NEW LEVEL OF A SOCIAL CONTRACT?

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The purpose of this study is to identify the role of the social contract as a factor influencing the redistribution of resources within the framework of international economic integration, the effectiveness of creating a common market, solving the problems of ensuring the sustainability of economic growth, inequality and unemployment. In the course of the work, it was scientifically substantiated that the effectiveness of international economic integration depends on the presence of a social contract at the supranational level, supported by the possibility of distributing part of the rent not only by the state, but also directly by the integration association, as well as the possibility of creating supranational inclusive institutions within the framework of a common market of goods, capital and labor.

Keywords: international economic integration, regional economic integration, social contract, inclusive institutions, national economy, common market of goods, capital, labor, supranational level.

JEL: F15

EDN: YWUDKR

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2025_4_150_166

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Manuscript submission date: 20.04.2025

Manuscript acceptance date: 07.08.2025

For citation:

Belitskaya A.V., Yakovlev A.A. International economic integration: a new level of a social contract? // Vestnik Instituta Ekonomiki Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk. 2025. № 4. Pp. 150-166. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2025_4_150_166 EDN: YWUDKR

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