The scope for industrial policy in a free trade environment

ARAUJO JR., JOSÉ TAVARES DE

doi:10.1590/0101-31571993-0747

Acessibilidade / Reportar erro

Brasil

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy

Español English

Brasil

Español English

sumário « anterior atual seguinte »

Sumário

Articles • Brazil. J. Polit. Econ. 13 (3) • Jul-Sep 1993 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571993-0747 copy

The scope for industrial policy in a free trade environment^* * This paper is part of on The Transformation of Industrialization Policies in Small Latim American Conttries, organized by Pitou van Dijek, from the Cedla - Center for latim American Research and Documentation, Amsterdam and Ruud Bitelaar, from the Eclac - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago.

O escopo da política industrial em um ambiente de livre comércio

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

ABSTRACT

The article discusses the contemporary dilemma of industrial policy, which consists of defining national growth strategies consistent with the dynamics of a globalized economy. The argument consists of three parts. The first suggests that the concept of firm proposed by Coase in 1937 is a fundamental instrument for analyzing the changes that occurred in the 1980s in international competition standards. The second describes the domestic dimension of the industrial policy dilemma, showing the macroeconomic restrictions and the role of the institutions that regulate economic power. The third considers the international dimension, highlighting the importance of GATT as a forum for negotiating conflicts between domestic policies and international interests.

KEYWORDS:
Industrial policy; globalization; trade

Country	1981	1982	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988
Argentina	26.0	22.7	23.1	28.0	28.1	26.5	23.4
Australia	31.9	32.4	33.3	33.7	34.4	34.2	33.6
Austria	47.8	46.7	47.5	48.5	48.2	47.8	46.8
Belgium	43.4	45.1	45.6	45.9	45.1	45.8	44.3
Brazil	23.9	23.5	22.8	23.4	26.4	25.0	23.8
Canada	38.5	39.1	38.7	38.7	39.5	39.6	40.4
Chile	32.8	32.4	33.6	35.9	35.0	34.5	38.2
Colombia	16.9	18.1	19.5	20.9	23.4	22.0	21.6
Denmark	52.1	51.2	55.5	58.5	58.3	59.2	59.5
France	45.1	45.9	47.5	47.6	47.1	47.6	47.1
Germany	44.8	45.4	45.3	45.6	44.9	44.4	43.7
Greece	29.1	32.3	34.8	34.6	35.7	36.9	35.1
ltaly	34.1	35.9	37.4	38.0	39.0	39.3	39.9
Japan	29.1	29.5	30.4	31.2	31.5	33.4	34.3
Mexico	20.8	23.6	23.6	24.7	23.6	24.6	24.3
Netherlands	53.5	53.8	54.1	54.3	53.0	53.4	52.2
Norway	51.8	51.9	53.0	55.1	54.7	53.7
Portugal	33.3	35.4	37.3	35.9	37.6
Spain	31.2	31.4	33.2	24.5	35.0
Sweden	57.7	58.3	59.2	59.2	60.7	61.8
United Kingdom	42.4	43.0	42.3	42.3	41.5	40.7
United States	31.6	31.1	30.7	31.2	31.4	31.9	31.5
Venezuela	36.1	34.5	37.2	31.0	29.5	30.4	21.8
EEC Average	41.3	42.2	43.0	43.3	43.1	43.9	44.4
OECD Average	35.6	35.9	36.0	36.5	36.6	37.0	36.2

Centro de Economia Política Rua Araripina, 106, CEP 05603-030 São Paulo - SP, Tel. (55 11) 3816-6053 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
E-mail: cecilia.heise@bjpe.org.br

Acompanhe os números deste periódico no seu leitor de RSS

[TFN1] Sources: OECD Economic Outlook. Historical Statistics (Paris: 1990); ECLAC. Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990 (Santiago: 1992), Table 1.