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Vol. 37 No. 1 (2017)

Trade politics is local politics: subnational interests and commercial policy in Argentina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2017000100006
Submitted
December 15, 2019
Published
2017-04-30

Abstract

Although it is generally thought that larger industries have greater political in­fluence, by directly measuring the subnational importance of industries, this article suggests that it is the importance of industries within political jurisdictions, not their absolute size, that determines their domestic political leverage. Through the evaluation of Argentina’s deviations from Mercosur’s common external tariff and from intra-regional free trade, this study evidences that subnational economic inte­rests directly influence Argentina’s trade policies. For both large and small indus­tries, their relative importance within the provinces that they inhabit provides the political clout necessary to gain preferential trade policy outcomes.

 

 

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