Pub Date : 2021-05-12DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198793519.013.44
Gabriele Spilker
Over the last decade, experiments have developed from a marginally employed to an increasingly standard method in the study of International Political Economy (IPE). After a short discussion of causal inference and the potential outcomes framework, this chapter outlines different kinds of experiments used to study questions concerning trade, migration, foreign aid, or investment. The chapter thereby not only strives to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in experimental IPE research but also to outline the different roles or functions experimental studies can fulfill to further our knowledge on IPE. The chapter concludes by critically discussing both advantages and disadvantages of the experimental turn in IPE.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-12DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198793519.013.15
John S. Ahlquist
Four “problems” drive the International Political Economy (IPE) literature on work and workers in a globalized world: the economic determinants of workers’ political orientations; the role and future of labor unions; the regulation and governance of international supply chains; and migration. There remain walled gardens in the IPE literature on labor that inhibit productive exchange but the literature on supply chain governance and labor standards stands out for its policy relevance and active collaboration among scholars from different IPE traditions. The chapter concludes with reflections on how the implicit definition of “problems,” as opposed to explicit normative claims might not be “first best.”
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Consensus on the concept of foreign direct investment (FDI) has sparked an enormous body of research that confirms the importance of separating FDI and its politics from other forms of international economy activity. At the same time, international political economy research on FDI is in danger of becoming a victim of its own success: by too readily accepting the parameters of “F,” “D,” and “I,” we risk undervaluing high-priority research agendas that push conceptual boundaries. As evidence, this chapter highlights gains made by probing the “F” in FDI—by disaggregating national origins; separating foreign state or private owners; and considering “F” in the context of its domestic counterparts. Recognizing the huge progress made due to de facto agreement on what constitutes FDI, scholars in all IPE research traditions would do well to prioritize research questions that critically engage with the concept.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-12DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198793519.013.27
Edward D. Mansfield
This chapter surveys the empirical literature on the effects of foreign trade on political-military conflict. There have been three “waves” of work on this topic since 1980. It is argued that the most recent wave differs from earlier waves in various important respects. First, it has made significant headway in addressing the causal mechanisms underlying the relationship between trade and conflict. Second, this wave has addressed a wider variety of aspects of trade, including trade policy and trade agreements. Third, a variety of recent studies have shed new light on the effects of trade on the outbreak of war, as well as the effects of war on the trade ties of combatants. Finally, the third wave of research on trade and conflict has addressed whether the effects of trade stem from market capitalism more generally and whether a simultaneous relationship exists between trade and conflict.
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Pub Date : 2019-05-11DOI: 10.1146/ANNUREV-POLISCI-050317-070708
Leonardo Baccini
The proliferation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) is a key feature of this current wave of globalization. This chapter surveys the literature related to determinants of PTAs and their consequences. The key findings of the literature are two-fold. First, the expansion of global value chains is the main driver of the formation of PTAs. Second, PTAs generate stark distributional consequences among firms with large productive firms reaping the lion’s share of the gains from trade. Given that the welfare effect of preferential liberalization is generally small, forming PTAs is likely to remain a controversial trade policy among politicians and voters.
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1163/9789004431140_035
S. Bermeo
This chapter reviews scholarship on the political economy of foreign aid, identifies key gaps in the current literature, and offers suggestions for bridging across dividing lines to advance future research agendas. It highlights potential synergies between the study of foreign aid allocation and aid effectiveness. The analysis draws attention to the need to synthesize across studies of micro-level and macro-level outcomes to understand the full political and economic impacts of aid. Reviewing the literature on differences across types of aid donors shows the need to better understand the relationship between democratic and non-democratic donors and to further study optimal design of development institutions to help meet global challenges addressed through foreign aid, such as climate change and pandemic disease.
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198793519.013.2
Elena V. McLean
Economic coercion is a threatened or actual imposition of economic costs on one state by another with the objective of extracting a policy concession. While the first wave of research on economic coercion focused primarily on its effectiveness, more recently scholars broadened the scope of inquiry to include states’ motivations for using economic coercion, their choice of coercive instruments, and the scale of coercive efforts. In addition, scholars have evaluated a broad range of indirect and unintended outcomes of economic coercion. Overall, this field of International Political Economy (IPE) research is problem-driven; consequently, the shared focus on the use and outcomes of economic coercion results in a significant degree of engagement and collaboration among sanction scholars.
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