State Subsidies in the Global Economy

Nikolaos Zahariadis, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.

• Protection for Rent * Perspectives on Subsidies and Trade Protection * Globalization and State Aid * Asset Specificity and the Demand for Subsidies * Institutions and the Supply of Subsidies * Objectives and Regions * Sectors and Instruments * National Subsidies in the Global Economy

" State Subsidies in the Global Economy provides a comprehensive account of the domestic political and global economic conditions accounting for different levels and types of subsidies. This is an important and certainly timely issue, illustrated in a penetrating and rewarding text."- Mitchell P. SmithAssociate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science and School of International and Area Studies The University of Oklahoma