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N-S Trade with Weak Institutions

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States with weak institutions can lose from trade with strong states when trade is subject to predation. The happy liberal idea of trade fostering better institutions and peace can be turned on its head. The Ricardian model of trade subject to predation offered here implies imperialism without capital, contra Marxists. Weak and poor South trades with strong and rich North. Poor South labor is attracted to predation. Labor market effects of predation and enforcement amplify opposing interests in the terms of trade, potentially obviating the standard gains from trade that allows bargaining solutions to surplus division.

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  • James E. Anderson, 2017. "N-S Trade with Weak Institutions," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 930, Boston College Department of Economics.
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    2. Ion MUȘCHEI, 2022. "The Causal Relationship Between Institution And Trade. Evidence From The Republic Of Moldova - The European Union," EURINT, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 9, pages 182-201, December.

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    Keywords

    Predation; enforcement; colonialism;
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    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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