State Export Promotion for Economic Development

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Archer ◽  
Steven M. Maser
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Export Promotion

scholarly journals Transnational corporations and the political economy of export promotion: the case of the Mexican automobile industry

1979 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Bennett ◽  
Kenneth E. Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Automobile Industry ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Export Promotion ◽  
The Political ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Promotion Policy ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
Support Evidence

Export promotion has replaced import substitution as the orthodox strategy for economic development. In sectors dominated by transnational corporations, however, such a strategy may run afoul of difficulties not immediately apparent from the neo-classical comparative-advantage perspective that has provided its principal theoretical support. Evidence from the Mexican automobile industry shows that an export promotion policy may face problems of a) demand rigidities in TNC intracompany transfers, b) decision dependency, c) difficulties in enforcing sanctions in cases of recalcitrance, and d) an unequal distribution of benefits between foreign-owned and domestically-owned firms.

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