TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rodrik,Dani
TI  - Trade and Industrial Policy Reform in Developing Countries: A Review of Recent Theory and Evidence
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4417
PY  - 1993
Y2  - August 1993
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4417
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4417.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Dani Rodrik
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/495-9454
Fax: 617/496-5747
E-Mail: dani_rodrik@harvard.edu
AB  - This paper reviews recent theory and evidence on trade and industrial policy reform in developing countries. First, the theoretical and empirical basis of the rationales for policy reform are discussed. Next, two sources of heterodoxy are identified and evaluated: (a) the East Asian experience with interventionist industrial policies; (b) recent models of imperfect competition. The survey then turns on strategic issues in reform, and discusses the theory of piecemeal reform, tax or tariff uniformity, credibility, political economy, and interactions with stabilization policy. The penultimate section reviews the available evidence on the consequences of recent policy reform.
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