The sources for orthodox and heterodox trade and industrial policies in Brazil
By: ROTHACHER, Jan-Ulrich
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ArticlePublisher: São Paulo : Editora 34, jul./set. 2016Title translated: A origem das políticas ortodoxas e heterodoxas para o comércio e indústria no Brasil.Subject(s): Intervenção governamental | Industria | BrasilOnline resources: Acesso Revista de Economia Política = Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 36, 3, p. 580-602Abstract: The Brazilian government has over the past years promulgated a mix ofAbstract: orthodox and heterodox policies for Brazils economic development. This paper seeks to test whether the existing economic ideas have been prescriptive in formulating the policies, or whether they have been the outcome of the infusion of private interests (Katzenstein, 1978) in the policy making process. To this end, the paper charts the origins of the unilateral opening for trade in the agribusiness and contrasts them with the policy process in the car industry, where trade barriers have been erected. The article will identify the channels through which private actors informed the governments interventions and show that the industry bodies have largely prodded the government. The resulting policy maze has left both the representatives of the orthodox as well those of the heterodox approach unsatisfied and has failed to halt Brazils dwindling manufacturing capabilities
The Brazilian government has over the past years promulgated a mix of
orthodox and heterodox policies for Brazils economic development. This paper seeks to test whether the existing economic ideas have been prescriptive in formulating the policies, or whether they have been the outcome of the infusion of private interests (Katzenstein, 1978) in the policy making process. To this end, the paper charts the origins of the unilateral opening for trade in the agribusiness and contrasts them with the policy process in the car industry, where trade barriers have been erected. The article will identify the channels through which private actors informed the governments interventions and show that the industry bodies have largely prodded the government. The resulting policy maze has left both the representatives of the orthodox as well those of the heterodox approach unsatisfied and has failed to halt Brazils dwindling manufacturing capabilities
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