Clientelism and Trade Liberalization

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  • 恩顧主義と貿易自由化
  • 独立論文 恩顧主義と貿易自由化 : コメ保護農政の日韓比較
  • ドクリツ ロンブン オンコ シュギ ト ボウエキ ジユウカ : コメ ホゴ ノウセイ ノ ニッカン ヒカク
  • コメ保護農政の日韓比較
  • Institutional Foundations of Agricultural Protectionism in Japan and Korea

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Both Japan and Korea have a history of farm protectionism as a result of swift change in the comparative advantage due to rapid economic growth. Despite the similarities of industrial structures and the presence of well-organized rice farm lobbies, these two countries have taken differing policy paths. While Japan has been stuck in the status quo of its old-fashioned price fixing methods that combine acreage control and pork barrel, Korea has been initiating FTAs with the US and the EU by adjusting its protectionist policies to more programmatic direct payment. This results from differences in constitutional structures and the strength of party discipline, namely Japan's weak executive power in the presence of fragile party leadership and a divided bicameral parliament, as opposed to the Korean presidentialism where the president's policy initiative is facilitated by the electoral cycles.

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