Empirical studies of strategic trade policy (University of Chicago Press, 1994)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
The nonoptimality of optimal trade policies : the U.S. automobile industry revisited, 1979-1985 / Kala Krishna, Kathleen Hogan, Phillip Swagel -- Trade policy under imperfect competition : a numerical assessment / Anthony J. Venables -- Strategic trade policy in the European car market / Alasdair Smith -- Deregulation of Scandinavian airlines : a case study of the Oslo-Stockholm route / Victor D. Norman, Siri P. Strandenes -- Industrial policy in the transport aircraft industry / Gernot Klepper -- Trade and industrial policy for a "declining" industry : the case of the U.S. steel industry / Richard G. Harris -- Strategic manpower policy and international trade / David Ulph, L. Alan Winters -- Industrial organization and product quality : evidence from South Korean and Taiwanese exports / Dani Rodrik -- Import surveillance as a strategic trade policy / L. Alan Winters
Since the 1980s, economists have used the concept of strategic trade policy, which takes account of imperfect competition and increasing returns in the international marketplace, to criticize conventional views about free trade. According to the new view, a government can take strategic steps to raise its income at another country's expense?by subsidizing exports or erecting trade barriers, protecting certain firms from foreign competition, or promoting the development of new industries. This volume looks at the experience of specific industries in order to determine the effectiveness of strat