Since the 1980s, economists have used the concept of strategic trade policy, which takes account of imperfect competition and increasing returns in the international marketplace, to criticize conventional views about free trade. According to the new view, a government can take strategic steps to raise its income at another country's expense - by subsidizing exports or erecting trade barriers, protecting certain firms from foreign competition or promoting the development of new industries. This volume looks at the experience of specific industries in order to determine the effectiveness of strategic trade policy in promoting economic growth. The nine papers cover the US and European auto industries, the US steel industry, the commercial aircraft industry, airline deregulation in Scandinavia, and labour and industrial policy in Korea and Taiwan. The authors refine the basic techniques for measuring policy effectiveness, extend them to encompass industry dynamics and test the implications of new trade models.
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Explores the experience of specific industries in order to determine the effectiveness of strategic trade policy in promoting economic growth. The papers cover the US and European auto industries, the US steel industry, the commercial aircraft industry and airline deregulation in Scandinavia.
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Introduction by Paul R. Krugman 1. The Non-Optimality of Optimal Trade Policies: The U.S. Automobile Industry Revisited, 1979-1985 Kala Krishna, Kathleen Hogan, and Phillip Swagel Comment: Garth Saloner 2. Trade Policy Under Imperfect Competition: A Numerical Assessment Anthony J. Venables Comment: David G. Tarr 3. Strategic Trade Policy in the European Car Market Alasdair Smith Comment: James Levinsohn 4. Deregulation of Scandinavian Airlines: A Case Study of the Oslo-Stockholm Route Victor D. Norman and Siri P. Strandenes 5. Industrial Policy in the Transport Aircraft Industry Gernot Klepper Comment: Heather A. Hazard 6. Trade and Industrial Policy for a 'Declining?' Industry: The Case of the U.S. Steel Industry Richard G. Harris 7. Strategic Manpower Policy and International Trade David Ulphand and L. Alan Winters 8. Industrial Organization and Product Quality: Evidence from South Korean and Taiwanese Exports Dani Rodrik 9. Import Surveillance as a Strategic Trade Policy L. Alan Winters Comment: James E. Anderson
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ISBN
9780226454603
Publisert
1994-04-15
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Chicago Press
Vekt
510 gr
Høyde
23 mm
Bredde
16 mm
Dybde
2 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
251