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dc.contributor.authorBonfatti, Robertoen
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-10-
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-29T11:15:08Z-
dc.date.available2011-06-29T11:15:08Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/46304-
dc.description.abstractI construct a theory of foreign interventions in which the preferences of the foreign country over alternative local groups are determined by each group's international economic ties. In equilibrium, the foreign country supports the group with which it has the strongest ties, since this is most influenceable from the outside. However this is counterweighted by the tendency of the domestic political system to favour the least influenceable group. I allow for a noneconomic dimension of policy (geopolitics), and study how the saliency of this dimension may play in favor of the incumbent group. My results help interpret the economic rationale for many Western interventions in developing countries in the 20th century, and the role of economic nationalism in motivating the struggle for regime change. Furthermore, they help explain why the Cold War strengthened the West's preference for specific local groups. I provide detailed historical evidence in favor of my arguments.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3475en
dc.subject.jelD70en
dc.subject.jelF10en
dc.subject.jelF50en
dc.subject.jelN40en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordregime changeen
dc.subject.keywordforeign interventionsen
dc.subject.keywordeconomic poweren
dc.subject.keywordeconomic nationalismen
dc.subject.keywordCold Waren
dc.subject.keywordLatin Americaen
dc.subject.stwGeopolitiken
dc.subject.stwInternationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungenen
dc.subject.stwInterventionen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftliche Machten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwWestliche Staatenen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungsländeren
dc.titleAn economic theory of foreign interventions and regime change-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn661912337en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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