Industrial Policy in Relation to Automobile Production after the Founding of Czechoslovakia : A Case of Support for an Emerging Sector

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Industrial Policy in Relation to Automobile Production after the Founding of Czechoslovakia : A Case of Support for an Emerging Sector

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper presents an empirical study of infant industry protection of automobile industry in Czechoslovakia (CS) in the 1920s. This economy – today a major car producer – was traditionally strongly specialized in the production and export of light consumer goods. Nevertheless, the policy of protectionism was followed and heavy industry was promoted by strongly protectionist trade policies. Protection of the automobile industry was of key importance in the trade policymaking process and was generally undisputed. As our empirical study shows, the CS automobile industry never become internationally competitive and heavy protectionist measures were a necessary condition for its existence. However, behind the protective wall, the industry was able to develop production capacities, substitute imports of components, and even export to some extent to less demanding traditional markets in Europe. The paper is therefore a contribution to the economic history research of the development of such “strategic” industries in clear contradiction with the concept of comparative advantage and implications of economic theory. As such, it is another example of the rejection of international division of labor which contributed (in the long term) to the fundamental restructuring of the national industrial structure. As in other national economies (e.g. France, Italy, Japan, Korea etc.), this has never been seriously disputed by policymakers, national industry, or the public.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Industrial Policy in Relation to Automobile Production after the Founding of Czechoslovakia : A Case of Support for an Emerging Sector

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper presents an empirical study of infant industry protection of automobile industry in Czechoslovakia (CS) in the 1920s. This economy – today a major car producer – was traditionally strongly specialized in the production and export of light consumer goods. Nevertheless, the policy of protectionism was followed and heavy industry was promoted by strongly protectionist trade policies. Protection of the automobile industry was of key importance in the trade policymaking process and was generally undisputed. As our empirical study shows, the CS automobile industry never become internationally competitive and heavy protectionist measures were a necessary condition for its existence. However, behind the protective wall, the industry was able to develop production capacities, substitute imports of components, and even export to some extent to less demanding traditional markets in Europe. The paper is therefore a contribution to the economic history research of the development of such “strategic” industries in clear contradiction with the concept of comparative advantage and implications of economic theory. As such, it is another example of the rejection of international division of labor which contributed (in the long term) to the fundamental restructuring of the national industrial structure. As in other national economies (e.g. France, Italy, Japan, Korea etc.), this has never been seriously disputed by policymakers, national industry, or the public.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Ekonomický časopis

ISSN

0013-3035

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Svazek periodika

66

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

81-104

Kód UT WoS článku

000426413200005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85042387877