Endogenous trade policy: Political struggle in the growth process

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This paper develops a dynamic theory that accounts for the evolution of trade policy, underlying internal class conflicts, and output growth performance over the last few centuries. By analyzing political responses to the distributional effects of international trade, it finds a prominent interaction between trade policy and the pattern of economic development, and also a significant role for trade liberalization in economic take-off. Consistent with historical evidence for Western Europe, land-scarce economies reach a developed stage through the ebb and flow of liberalism. In contrast, land-abundant countries tend to stagnate because of landlords' opposition to industrialization.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ISER Discussion Paper ; No. 678

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Trade: General ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; Economic Growth of Open Economies ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
• Thema: Trade Policy ; Growth ; Class Conflict

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Sugimoto, Yoshiaki
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (wo): Osaka
• (wann): 2006

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/92671
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ