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Competitive Advantaje Anatomy: from Methodological Holism to State Capture

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  • Cosmin Marinescu

    (Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest)

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According to the orthodox theory of international trade, the argument of selective industrial policy means the state capability of identifying competitive advantages and to exploit them. In this approach, I want to emphasize the necessity of a critical reconsideration of the “competitive advantage” and “national competitiveness”, and also of the implications deriving from these concepts over public policy. First of all, I analyzed the scientifically basis of competitiveness: on the free market, the competitive advantage is given by the entrepreneurial ability, which so becomes the real source of the economic success. Being given any other conditions, meaning here a market affected by state’s interventionism, reaching “competitive advantages” derives from rent-seeking activities which attend to capture public policy.

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  • Cosmin Marinescu, 2006. "Competitive Advantaje Anatomy: from Methodological Holism to State Capture," Theoretical and Applied Economics, Asociatia Generala a Economistilor din Romania - AGER, vol. 9(9(504)), pages 33-42, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:agr:journl:v:9(504):y:2006:i:9(504):p:33-42
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