KRPEC, Oldřich and Vít HLOUŠEK. Czechoslovak Tariffs in the 1920s : An Example of Historical Specificity in Economic Policy. Slavic Review. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021, vol. 80, No 3, p. 523 - 543. ISSN 0037-6779. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/slr.2021.149.
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Original name Czechoslovak Tariffs in the 1920s : An Example of Historical Specificity in Economic Policy
Authors KRPEC, Oldřich (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Vít HLOUŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Slavic Review, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2021, 0037-6779.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50601 Political science
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 0.343
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/21:00123271
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/slr.2021.149
UT WoS 000729501400010
Keywords in English Czechoslovakia; economic history; trade policy; economic nationalism
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Czechoslovakia was the first industrialized economy to substantially increase tariffs after the First World War. At that time, Czechoslovakia was highly export-oriented, with a large trade surplus in industrial goods. We argue that the introduction of tariffs was a consequence of the ethnically heterogeneous structure of the economy. German capital controlled the highly export-oriented light and consumer goods industries; Czech capital dominated in industries that were far less export-oriented or even import-competing, such as machinery, transportation equipment, and electrical goods. Trade and exchange-rate policy preferences of both groups clearly differed; however, the policy decision-making process (at least until 1926) was completely controlled by Czechoslovaks and Czech capital, explicitly committed to a nationalist takeover of Czechoslovakia's economy. This is why it was possible to implement an exchange rate and trade policy that ran contrary to theoretical expectations based on the general (national aggregate) indicators of the national economy.
Links
MUNI/A/1138/2020, interní kód MUName: Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky III
Investor: Masaryk University
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