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Protectionism, state discrimination, and international business since the onset of the Global Financial Crisis

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    (University of St. Gallen)

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The manner and extent of state discrimination against international business since the start of the Global Financial Crisis is documented and interpreted. Without resorting to 1930s-style across-the-board tariff increases, governments have tilted the playing field in favor of local firms so often since November 2008 that 70% of the world’s goods exports competed against crisis-era trade distortions by 2013. Export mercantilism and other forms of selective subsidization are persistent features of crisis-era policy response. Available evidence also casts doubt on the notion that foreign direct investments have been treated as well as successive World Investment Reports contend.

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  • Simon J Evenett, 2019. "Protectionism, state discrimination, and international business since the onset of the Global Financial Crisis," Journal of International Business Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 2(1), pages 9-36, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:joibpo:v:2:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1057_s42214-019-00021-0
    DOI: 10.1057/s42214-019-00021-0
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