The effects of protectionism on a small country : the case of Uruguay

Uruguay offers an excellent laboratory for studying both comparatively and individually the consequences of highly restrictive regulations for a small economy, bringing out elements of relevance to many current economic problems of the world today. This report is a volume of essays on protectionism...

• Corporate Authors: Connolly, Michael B, ed, De Melo, Jaime, ed, Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1994
• Series: World Bank regional and sectoral studies
• Subjects: POLITICA DEL COMERCIO EXTERIOR; PROTECCIONISMO; URUGUAY

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contributors
• 1. The political economy of protectionism in Uruguay / Michael B. Connolly and Jaime de Melo
• 2. Protectionism and stagnation: an interpretative history / Michael B Connolly and Jaime de Melo
• 3. Administered protection: reference prices and minimum export prices / Federico Changaniqui and Patrick A Messerlin
• 4. Domestic content restrictions and compensatory export requirements in the automobile sector / Wendy Takacs
• 5. Gains and losses from bilateral trading arrangement with Argentina and Brazil / Jaime de Melo and David Roland-Holst
• 8. A long-run perspective on trade policy, instability and growth / Jorge E Roldos.