The fateful allure of protectionism: Taking stock for the G8

Simon Evenett, Bernard Hoekman, Olivier Cattaneo 03 July 2009

This new ebook summarizes the views of leading researchers and trade policy practitioners, who met at a CEPR-World Bank conference to assess the cross-border impact of policy responses to the crisis.

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Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword

Introduction: Principal findings and policy recommendations
Simon J. Evenett, Bernard M. Hoekman and Olivier Cattaneo

Section 1: The Protectionist Allure: Then and Now

1. A Historical Perspective
Douglas A. Irwin

2. Too Early to Cry Wolf
Patrick A. Messerlin

3. Business Perceptions of Changing Trade Measures
Mondher Mimouni, Carolin Averbeck, Olga Skorobogatova and Elisa Gamberoni

4. Can International Economic Law Constrain Protectionism?
Anne van Aaken and Jürgen Kurtz

Section 2: Policy Responses to the Crisis with Economy-Wide Implications

5. Tariff Changes
Liliana Foletti, Marco Fugazza, Alessandro Nicita and Marcelo Olarreaga

6. Antidumping, Safeguards, and other Trade Remedies
Chad P. Bown

7. Trade Finance
Jean-Pierre Chauffour and Tom Farole

8. Stimulus Packages and Government Procurement
Simon J. Evenett

9. Exchange Rate Policies
Sebastian Weber and Charles Wyplosz

10. Labour Movement Restrictions
Biswajit Dhar and Girish Srivastava

11. Competition Policy
Frédéric Jenny

12. Green Protectionism
Ronald Steenblik

13. FDI Protectionism is on the Rise
Karl P. Sauvant

Section 3: Sector-Specific Policy Responses to the Crisis

14. Financial Nationalism
Stijn Claessens

15. Agriculture
Timothy Josling and Stefan Tangermann

16. Review and Analysis of Protectionist Actions in the Textile and Apparel Industries
Stacey Frederick and Gary Gereffi

17. Services (a Case Study of the United States)
Ingo Borchert and Aaditya Mattoo

Simon Evenett

Professor of International Trade, University of St. Gallen; Research Fellow, CEPR

Bernard Hoekman

Professor and Director of Global Economics, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute; Research Fellow, CEPR

Olivier Cattaneo

Senior Trade Specialist at the World Bank

Events

  • China Economics Summer Institute (CESI)
    17 - 18 August 2019 / Peking University, Beijing / Chinese University of Hong Kong – Tsinghua University Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy, the Institute for Emerging Market Studies at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, the Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development at Stanford University, the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, BREAD, NBER and CEPR
  • CALL FOR PAPER - Vienna Symposium on Foreign Exchange Markets
    19 - 20 August 2019 / Vienna, Palais Coburg / WU Research Institute for Capital Markets (ISK)
  • SALENTO MACRO MEETINGS 2019
    29 - 30 August 2019 / Galatina, Italy /
  • Sustainable Development Conference 2019
    4 - 5 September 2019 / Roma Eventi, Congress Center, Pontificia Università Gregoriana Piazza della Pilotta, 4, Rome, Italy / European Center of Sustainable Development , CIT University
  • CIMS Summer School and Conference 2019
    9 - 14 September 2019 / Guildford, Surrey, UK / The University of Surrey

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