Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2000-06-15
Number: 00-051/2
Author-Name: Ronald W. Jones
Author-Email: jonr@troi.cc.rochester.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Rochester
Title: Private Interests and Government Policy in a Global World
Abstract: Today’s global world is characterized not only by a high volume ofinternational trade and foreign investment relativeto national income, but also by a changed composition of that tradetowards a greater fraction of trade in inputs andcapital goods and outsourcing of production..  Emphasized is thepossibility of a “civil war” scenario wherebygovernment attempts to control and regulate the private sectors ofthe economy result in attempts to “flee thejurisdiction” by private interests, leading to a greater impetus forgovernments to form regional agreements in order tomaintain control over the private sector.
Classification-JEL: F1; F2; H1
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