Democracy and international trade: britain, france, and the united states, 1860-1990

Auteur :
Verdier, Daniel
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691021034
Date de publication :
23 juil. 1995
Dimensions :
25,4 x 19,7 cm
Poids :
595 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An exploration of how foreign trade policy is made in democratic regimes. Constructing a general theory in which existing theories (rent-seeking, median voting, state autonomy) function as partial explanations, it shows that trade institutions are not fixed entities but products of political competition.