Trade and Industrial Policy Reform in Developing Countries: A Review of Recent Theory and Evidence / Dani Rodrik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodrik, Dani.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4417.

NBER working paper series no. w4417

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Trade and Industrial Policy Reform in Developing Countries

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1993.

Summary:

This paper reviews recent theory and evidence on trade and industrial policy reform in developing countries. First, the theoretical and empirical basis of the rationales for policy reform are discussed. Next, two sources of heterodoxy are identified and evaluated: (a) the East Asian experience with interventionist industrial policies; (b) recent models of imperfect competition. The survey then turns on strategic issues in reform, and discusses the theory of piecemeal reform, tax or tariff uniformity, credibility, political economy, and interactions with stabilization policy. The penultimate section reviews the available evidence on the consequences of recent policy reform.

Notes:

Print version record

August 1993.