Political economy of international trade / Edward D. Mansfield.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Systemic Approaches to the International Trading System:
1. The Concentration of Capabilities and International Trade (with Joanne Gowa);
2. Power Politics and International Trade (with Rachel Bronson); 3. Alliances, Preferential Trading Arrangements, and International Trade (with Eric Reinhardt);
4. International Institutions and the Volatility of Trade;
Part II. The Political Economy of Trade Policy and Trade Attitudes:
5. The Political Economy of Nontariff Barriers: A Cross-National Analysis (with Marc L Busch);
6. Free to Trade: Democracies, Autocracies, and International Trade (with Helen V Milner and B Peter Rosendorff);
7. Votes and Vetoes: The Political Determinants of Commercial Openness(with Witold J Henisz);
8. Support for Free Trade: Self-Interest, Sociotropic Politics, and Out-Group Anxiety;
Part III. The Political Economy of Preferential Trade Agreements: 9. The Proliferation of Preferential Trading Arrangements;
10. Why Democracies Cooperate More: Electoral Control and International Trade Agreements;
11. Vetoing Cooperation: The Impact of Veto Players on Preferential Trading Arrangements;
12. Multilateral Determinants of Regionalism:
13. The Effects of GATT/WTO on the Formation of Preferential Trading Arrangements;
13. The Expansion of Preferential Trading Arrangements.

This volume includes many of Edward D Mansfield's contributions to research on the political economy of trade. Among the topics addressed are the effects of power relations and international economic institutions on trade flows, the influence of domestic politics on trade policy, the factors that shape the mass public's attitudes toward trade, and the determinants of the formation and expansion of international trade agreements. The Political Economy of International Trade is an essential reference for scholars and graduate students interested in the international political economy.