The Political Economy of Protection explains why countries, especially developing countries, change their trade policies over the course of history. It does so through an interdisciplinary approach, which borrows analyses from both political science and economics. While the central focus of this...

Las estrategias de desarrollo de America Latina han estado historicamente vinculadas en forma inextricable con la teoria y la politica de comercio. El autor sostiene aqui que el viejo argumento de la industria incipiente y el nuevo planteamiento del comercio estrategico son fundamentalmente...

Recent literature has shown evidence of positive contributions of export promotion agencies around the world in raising exports, through the intensive and extensive margins of trade. The number of export promotion agencies has increased substantially over the past two decades, and most of them...