Democratization and Trade Liberalization in Industrial Capitalist Countries.

The paper raises the question of whether democracies are more likely to pursue free trade than nondemocracies. The paper argues that democratization in response to a surge in political contestation is likely to cause an increase in protection in a nondemocracy, but a reduction in a democracy. The argument is derived from a distributive model of policymaking, common to democracies and non-democracies.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Verdier, D
Institutions:	European Institute - Political and Social Sciences
Subject:	COMMERCIAL POLICY \| TRADE LIBERALIZATION

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Series:	European Institute - Political and Social Sciences.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	47 pages
Classification:	F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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