Demanding deals : the politics of preferential trade agreements
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Over the past 25 years, preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have been the primary forum for new international trade cooperation. Through these treaties, states have lowered their barriers to trade and investment flows as well as regulated a wide range of other policy areas. States expend considerable effort designing, negotiation, ratifying, and implementing these deals, with far-reaching economic and political consequences. This dissertation consists of three papers that add to our understanding of the politics of PTAs. The first paper argues that delayed implementation of the tariff concessions contained in PTAs has been crucial to their success. By allowing governments to pass part of the adjustment costs of liberalization onto future administrations, delays have made it possible for states to sign onto agreements removing substantially all remaining barriers. The second paper provides novel evidence on the role of exporters in shaping the content of PTAs, showing that the presence of motivated and concentrated exporters within a partner country is associated with increased market access commitments. Lastly the third paper applies the logic of reciprocal trade cooperation to the issue of investment. It asks why the lowering of investment barriers has taken place through PTAs, arguing that the preferential and broad nature of these agreements made them a particularly productive negotiating forum. Collectively, these papers add complexity to our conceptions of government preferences in their approach to the negotiation of trade agreements. Each paper also speaks to the role of both domestic and international political institutions in shaping the choices and strategies of governments. Lastly this dissertation offers insights into the conditions and decisions that enable successful cooperation, crucial at a time when international trade diplomacy is at a crossroads
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2021; ©2021 |
| Publication date | 2021; 2021 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | van Lieshout, Elisabeth |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Goldstein, Judith |
| Thesis advisor | Goldstein, Judith |
| Thesis advisor | Bagwell, Kyle |
| Thesis advisor | Scheve, Kenneth F |
| Thesis advisor | Tomz, Michael |
| Degree committee member | Bagwell, Kyle |
| Degree committee member | Scheve, Kenneth F |
| Degree committee member | Tomz, Michael |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Political Science |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Elisabeth van Lieshout |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Political Science |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2021 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/pz329rq7861 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2021 by Elisabeth van Lieshout
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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