Sustaining Trade Reform: Institutional Lessons from Argentina and Peru

Factually, the principal finding of this book is that the trade policy reforms introduced by Peru in the 1990s have continued over several changes of president, whereas similar reforms in Argentina have been reversed. In both countries, the reforms included the introduction of new mechanisms for man...

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Những tác giả chính: Baracat, ElíasA., Finger, J.Michael, LeónThorne, Raúl, Nogués, JulioJ.
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-564302023-11-11T05:35:42Z Sustaining Trade Reform: Institutional Lessons from Argentina and Peru Baracat, ElíasA. Finger, J.Michael LeónThorne, Raúl Nogués, JulioJ. Acemoglu and robinson Argentina Backfill economics Bicycle theory Factually, the principal finding of this book is that the trade policy reforms introduced by Peru in the 1990s have continued over several changes of president, whereas similar reforms in Argentina have been reversed. In both countries, the reforms included the introduction of new mechanisms for managing trade policy as well as the reduction of restrictions. Throughout the decade beginning in 2000, Peru?s liberalization expanded. The new institutions became more robust, and through them pressures for protection were effectively contained. At the same time, Argentine trade policy returned to the high-protection import substitution regime in place before the 1990s reforms. Multiple restrictions have been imposed, mostly through a reversion to informal methods that abjure the governance characteristics that the 1990s reforms introduced. The difference between the two cases cannot be explained by economic parameters such as resource endowments or external shocks. Peru?s reforms manifest the buoyant and confident attitude toward the global economy that reform leaders were able to introduce into Peruvian politics. In the words of former president Alan García, there is an eagerness to ?climb up on the wave of growth.? In comparison, Argentina?s current development strategy sees international trade as detrimental to Argentina?s interests unless participation by Argentine buyers and sellers is guided by government intervention. The Peruvian case provides examples of successfully managing the politics of reform and the technical aspects of policy so as to establish transparent and participatory processes that weigh accurately the impact of trade policy on all affected domestic parties. The Argentine case demonstrates that the World Trade Organization legal system is not an effective restraint on a government that wants to revert to an import substitution regime. International cooperation has been useful when it has recognized and influenced domestic sovereignty over economic regulation; however, it is not been useful when approached as a matter of international regulation of national actions. 2015-06-15T06:38:28Z 2015-06-15T06:38:28Z 2013 Book 9780821399866 9780821399873 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/56430 en application/pdf World Bank
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topic Acemoglu and robinson
Argentina
Backfill economics
Bicycle theory
spellingShingle Acemoglu and robinson
Argentina
Backfill economics
Bicycle theory
Baracat, ElíasA.
Finger, J.Michael
LeónThorne, Raúl
Nogués, JulioJ.
Sustaining Trade Reform: Institutional Lessons from Argentina and Peru
description Factually, the principal finding of this book is that the trade policy reforms introduced by Peru in the 1990s have continued over several changes of president, whereas similar reforms in Argentina have been reversed. In both countries, the reforms included the introduction of new mechanisms for managing trade policy as well as the reduction of restrictions. Throughout the decade beginning in 2000, Peru?s liberalization expanded. The new institutions became more robust, and through them pressures for protection were effectively contained. At the same time, Argentine trade policy returned to the high-protection import substitution regime in place before the 1990s reforms. Multiple restrictions have been imposed, mostly through a reversion to informal methods that abjure the governance characteristics that the 1990s reforms introduced. The difference between the two cases cannot be explained by economic parameters such as resource endowments or external shocks. Peru?s reforms manifest the buoyant and confident attitude toward the global economy that reform leaders were able to introduce into Peruvian politics. In the words of former president Alan García, there is an eagerness to ?climb up on the wave of growth.? In comparison, Argentina?s current development strategy sees international trade as detrimental to Argentina?s interests unless participation by Argentine buyers and sellers is guided by government intervention. The Peruvian case provides examples of successfully managing the politics of reform and the technical aspects of policy so as to establish transparent and participatory processes that weigh accurately the impact of trade policy on all affected domestic parties. The Argentine case demonstrates that the World Trade Organization legal system is not an effective restraint on a government that wants to revert to an import substitution regime. International cooperation has been useful when it has recognized and influenced domestic sovereignty over economic regulation; however, it is not been useful when approached as a matter of international regulation of national actions.
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author Baracat, ElíasA.
Finger, J.Michael
LeónThorne, Raúl
Nogués, JulioJ.
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LeónThorne, Raúl
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title Sustaining Trade Reform: Institutional Lessons from Argentina and Peru
title_short Sustaining Trade Reform: Institutional Lessons from Argentina and Peru
title_full Sustaining Trade Reform: Institutional Lessons from Argentina and Peru
title_fullStr Sustaining Trade Reform: Institutional Lessons from Argentina and Peru
title_full_unstemmed Sustaining Trade Reform: Institutional Lessons from Argentina and Peru
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url https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/56430
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