Research on the quantitative impact of interwar protection on trade flows remains scarce,
and much of it has concluded that the impact was surprisingly small. In this paper we ask …

Economically depressed communities often organize politically for policies counteracting
their decline. This paper shows that successful economic adjustment to this decline can …

What is the role of trade policy in promoting intra-Empire trade? We address the question in
the context of interwar India, whose trade policies have been accused of harming British …

Colonial trade prompted the colonies to specialise in primary products. Did this eliminate
industrialisation opportunities in the colonies, and did it make them more politically …

Students of comparative and international political economy have long been interested in
explaining how domestic political coalitions influence international economic policy …