Title: Politics and trade cooperation in the nineteenth century : the "agreeable customs" of 1815-1914 /
Authors: Pahre, Robert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: International trade History; International trade History
Contents: Cooperation and variation -- International cooperation across time and space -- Domestic politics and trade policy -- Conceptualizing and measuring trade policy -- A political-support theory of trade policy -- State capacity, fiscal concerns, and the tariff -- Political institutions and tariffs -- Political support and trade cooperation -- The trade agreements database -- Political support and trade treaties -- Variations in trade cooperation -- Ratification and trade treaties -- Norms and cooperation -- The most-favored-nation norm -- The spread of the trade treaty network -- Clustering negotiations in time -- Conclusions -- Explaining trade cooperation in 1815-1914 -- References -- Index.