Explores how authoritarian variation affects trade policies in different autocratic regimes, indicating significant implications for economic outcomes.
Key Points
To examine how variations in authoritarianism impact national trade policies, focusing on institutionalized regimes.
Utilized cross-national time-series models covering autocracies from 1962 to 2007.
Analyzed the relationship between regime type, particularly selectorate size, and trade policy openness.
Institutionalized authoritarian regimes have a tendency to adopt more open trade policies compared to non-party dictatorships and monarchies.
Larger selectorates in autocracies correlate with a preference for public goods, leading to more open trade policies.
Longer time horizons in stable regimes encourage policies that bolster long-term economic performance.