scholarly journals The Political Economy of FDI Flows into Developing Countries: Does the Depth of International Trade Agreements Matter?

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arslan Tariq Rana ◽  
Mazen Kebewar
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
The Political ◽  
International Trade Agreements

Does WTO Accession Help Domestic Reform? The Political Economy of SOE Reform Backsliding in Vietnam

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
TU-ANH VU-THANH
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
The Political ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
International Trade Agreements ◽  
Soe Reform ◽  
Lock In ◽  
Domestic Reform

AbstractConventional wisdom holds that international trade agreements can serve as a source of external pressure and credible commitment to overcome opposition and to lock in domestic economic reforms. This belief, however, underestimates the ability of politicians not only to circumvent these pressures, but to leverage international trade agreements to advance their own policy preferences – preferences that may be highly anti-reformist. Thus, trade agreements do not necessarily induce reforms and, in certain circumstances, they can even be counterproductive. Through an analysis of aggregate data and 40 interviews with senior politicians, government officials, and state-owned enterprise managers in Vietnam, this paper illustrates these insights by analyzing the political economy of SOE reform backsliding on the eve of Vietnam's accession to the WTO.

scholarly journals The role of international trade agreements in the economy of developing countries (the case of Nigeria)

2018 ◽  
pp. 5-22
Author(s):  
Henrietta Nagy ◽  
◽  
József Káposzta ◽  
György Neszmélyi ◽  
Omokheka Obozuwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
International Trade Agreements

Book Reviews

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 552-553
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Preferential Trade Agreement ◽  
Preferential Trade ◽  
International Trade Agreements ◽  
Princeton University

Pravin Krishna of Johns Hopkins University reviews, “Votes, Vetoes, and the Political Economy of International Trade Agreements” by Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. Milner. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the role of domestic politics in governments' decisions to enter trade pacts. Discusses a political economy theory of international trade agreements; systemic influences on preferential trade agreement formation; regime type, veto players, and preferential trade agreement formation; and auxiliary hypotheses about domestic politics and trade agreements. Mansfield is Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Milner is B. C. Forbes Professor of Public Affairs at Princeton University.”

The political economy of retail liberalization: The case of India

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 1440005
Author(s):  
Arpita Mukherjee ◽  
Tanu M. Goyal
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
The Political ◽  
Trade In Services ◽  
The Past

This paper examines the political complexities of retail liberalization in a developing country such as India in the overall context of liberalization of trade in services. Drawing on the experiences of other developing countries and India's experiences in the past decade of allowing FDI in retail, the paper found that retail modernization is a part of economic development and it will continue to happen. The governments of developing countries have to take into account multiple perceptions related to retail liberalization and design a policy that is non-discriminatory and transparent. Appropriate policies should be in place to support the traditional retailers to face competition. Developing countries should be willing to bind their unilateral liberalization in trade agreements and this will enhance their bargaining power.

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