State subsidies in the global economy / Nikolaos Zahariadis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zahariadis, Nikolaos, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protectionism.

Subsidies.

International economic relations.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Using figures from European Union members, this volume highlights the conditional effects of globalization, asset specificity, and domestic institutions. Far from being impotent, democratic states face politically powerful pressures to continue to shield social actors from the vagaries of the global market.

Contents:

Protection for rent

Perspectives on subsidies and trade protection

Globalization and state aid

Asset specificity and the demand for subsidies

Domestic politics and the supply of subsidies

Objectives and regions

Sectors and instruments

National subsidies in the global economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-188) and index.

ISBN:

0230603793

9780230603790

OCLC:

154789009