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Building Legislative Coalitions for Globalization in Asia
Megumi Naoi
其他書名
Globalization as Legislation
出版Cambridge University Press, 2015-07-20
主題Business & Economics / Finance / GeneralBusiness & Economics / Public FinanceBusiness & Economics / International / Economics & TradeBusiness & Economics / CommercePolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / Legislative BranchPolitical Science / Political Process / GeneralPolitical Science / Political EconomyPolitical Science / Public Policy / Economic PolicyPolitical Science / Public Policy / GeneralPolitical Science / GlobalizationSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN11070370349781107037038
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7FgZCgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋What accounts for the large reduction in trade barriers among new democracies in Asia after World War II? Using new data from Japan and Thailand, this book provides a surprising answer: politicians, especially party leaders, liberalized trade by buying off legislative support with side-payments such as pork barrel projects. Trade liberalization was a legislative triumph, not an executive achievement. This finding challenges the conventional "insulation" argument, which posits that insulating executives from special interest groups and voters is the key to successful trade liberalization. By contrast, this book demonstrates that party leaders built open economy coalitions with legislators by feeding legislators' rent-seeking desires with side-payments rather than depriving their appetites. This book unravels the political foundations of open economy.