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      TRADE POLITICS IS LOCAL POLITICS: SUBNATIONAL INTERESTS AND COMMERCIAL POLICY IN ARGENTINA Translated title: Política comercial es política local: intereses subnacionales y política comercial en Argentina

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          Although it is generally thought that larger industries have greater political influence, by directly measuring the subnational importance of industries, this article suggests that it is the importance of industries within political jurisdictions, not their absolute size, that determines their domestic political leverage. Through the evaluation of Argentina's deviations from Mercosur's common external tariff and from intra-regional free trade, this study evidences that subnational economic interests directly influence Argentina's trade policies. For both large and small industries, their relative importance within the provinces that they inhabit provides the political clout necessary to gain preferential trade policy outcomes.

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          Comúnmente se cree que las industrias más grandes tienen mayor influencia política. Este artículo cuestiona esa creencia. Mediante una evaluación de la importancia de las industrias a nivel subnacional en Argentina, este estudio muestra que la influencia política de los industriales no está determinada por el tamaño absoluto de las industrias. En cambio, su influencia política depende del nivel de importancia de las mismas dentro de las jurisdicciones políticas a las que éstas pertenecen. A través de la evaluación de las desviaciones en Argentina del arancel externo común del Mercosur y del libre comercio intrarregional, este trabajo muestra que los intereses económicos subnacionales influencian directamente las políticas de comercio de Argentina. La importancia relativa que tanto pequeñas y grandes industrias tienen dentro de las provincias explica los niveles de influencia política necesaria a la hora de obtener políticas comerciales preferenciales.

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                revcipol
                Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)
                Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago)
                Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política (Santiago, , Chile )
                0718-090X
                May 2017
                : 37
                : 1
                : 121-145
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                [01] orgnameArizona State University orgdiv1College of Integrative Sciences and Arts USA
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                S0718-090X2017000100006 S0718-090X(17)03700100006
                a7316de8-ed54-4a3f-b0eb-020701b2717b

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                federalism,Mercosur,política subnacional,Argentina,federalismo,protección comercial,subnational politics,trade protection

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