The political economy of policy reform

This volume collects the papers from a conference in honor of J. Michael Finger on the occasion of his retirement from the World Bank. The papers cover a number of important issues in the analysis of policy reform and the political economy of policy reform. In particular, papers focus on the politic...

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Other Authors Nelson, D.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2004.
SeriesContributions to economic analysis ; v. 270.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849508391
ISSN0573-8555 ;
DOI10.1016/S0573-8555(2004)270
Physical Description1 online resource (xxxxx, 359 p.).

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Table of Contents:
  • The political economy of policy reform : the origins and dynamics of policy improvement / Douglas Nelson
  • 'Steeling' house votes at low prices for the steel import quota bill of 1999 / Edward Tower
  • The Madison paradox and the low cost of reducing special-interest legislation / Stephen P. Magee
  • Executive-congressional collaboration for trade liberalization or games legislators play / I. M. Mac Destler
  • The role of the world bank in the transfer of policy knowledge on trade liberalisation / Doug Nelson
  • Tax credits and welfare for working families : a case study of policy transfer / David Greenaway
  • The WTO and development / Alessandro Turrini
  • Coherence with no 'here' : WTO co-operation with the world bank and the IMF / L. Alan Winters
  • Pros and cons of linking trade and labor standards / Robert M. Stern
  • J. Michael Finger and the Doha development agenda / Bernard Hoekman
  • Unequal exchange : developing countries in the international trade negotiations / Julio J. Nogues
  • Can industrial policy be good policy? / Jeffrey A. Hart
  • Equitable and efficient international schemes to control carbon dioxide emissions / Emilson C. D. Silva
  • General equilibrium studies of multilateral trade negotiations : do they really help? / Joseph Francois.