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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BRAZILIAN TRADE POLICY: DOMESTIC
DETERMINANTS, WORLD AND REGIONAL STRATEGIES
by
Glauco Avelino Sampaio Oliveira
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC POLICY)
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Glauco Avelino Sampaio Oliveira
Object Description
| Title | The political economy of Brazilian trade policy: domestic determinants, world and regional strategies |
| Author | Oliveira, Glauco Avelino Sampaio |
| Author email | goliveir@usc.edu; glaucoav@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Economy & Public Policy |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-05-14 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-10-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Wise, Carol |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Nugent, Jeffrey Mckenzie, Roderick C. |
| Abstract | This dissertation discusses the political and economic forces, both external and domestic, that have shaped Brazilian trade policy in the 1990s and 2000s. Marked by concurrent multilateral and regional trade negotiations, the country has simultaneously embraced orthodoxy and liberalization of the past, while also falling back on protectionist practices. For instance, after implementing steep unilateral tariff cuts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, trade policy has subsequently undergone only piecemeal change; in fact, “industrial subsidies” were maintained and even reinforced in the period 1988-2005. I analyze how the domestic institutional framework shaped Brazil’s global strategy, swaying policymakers to opt for a regional integration initiative (Mercosur) and a rigid negotiating position in the multilateral sphere (WorldTrade Organization). At the same time, Brazil shirked its commitments with developed countries in the context of the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the European Union-Mercosur negotiations.; The methodological approach taken here is an interdisciplinary one which draws on economics, international relations, and political science. I begin with a historical-comparative narrative concerning the choice of development models (eg. import-substitution industrialization), the nature of domestic economic institutions and bureaucracies, and the interaction of both with powerful interest groups as determinants of trade policy. Secondly, I explore the interaction between global forces, and Brazil’s policy responses. I then conduct an econometric analysis using panel data which cover ten industrial sectors over seventeen years, my goal being to explain two trade policy variables – tariffs and subsidized loans. By applying the assumptions of neoclassical trade theory (Heckscher-Ohlin and Ricardo-Viner), as well as those of the new growth theories to the Brazilian case, my results show that collective action and factor endowment variables explain patterns of trade protection/support in the country’s trade policy over time. Finally, I discuss contemporary Brazilian trade policy decisions using descriptive data. |
| Keyword | Brazil; international trade; political economy; trade and industrial policy; regional integration; Mercosur; World Trade Organization (WTO); FTAA; European Union-Mercosur |
| Geographic subject (country) | Brazil |
| Coverage date | 1988/2005 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2690 |
| Rights | Oliveira, Glauco Avelino Sampaio |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Oliveira-2968 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Oliveira-2968.pdf |
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| Full text | THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BRAZILIAN TRADE POLICY: DOMESTIC DETERMINANTS, WORLD AND REGIONAL STRATEGIES by Glauco Avelino Sampaio Oliveira A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC POLICY) December 2009 Copyright 2009 Glauco Avelino Sampaio Oliveira |
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