This volume analyzes the import patterns of selected countries to determine which nations are active importers and which ones import much less than expected. The majority of the work focuses on the industrialized countries, which are at the center of the international trading system, determining which are very active importers and which are not. Controls for wealth, size, and membership in customs areas are included. Countries importing at levels below predicted ones are the countries likely to be most effective at protecting domestic industries from foreign competition. For example, the results permit an evaluation of the arguments that Japan has consistently imported less than would be expected due to the presence of barriers protecting the domestic market.

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James Michael Lutz is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne where he specializes in comparative politics and international political economy.

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Book Title: Import Propensities of Industrialized Countries
Book Subtitle: Comparisons and Evaluations
Authors: James M. Lutz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62207-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-22229-1Published: 01 January 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-62207-8Published: 30 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 236
Topics: International Economics

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