Employing quantitative techniques the author compares the validity of the national-interest model versus an interest-group model interpretation of the role of government industrial policy interventions in Taiwan's industrialization over the 1980s. He notes that the results offer little...

The growth in global competitiveness and interdependence has led to an increased interest in the role of industrial policy in achieving economic growth objectives. Heather Smith reignites the contentious debate of the role of the state using East Asian economic development in general with...