The case for industrial policy : a critical survey, Vol. 1 of 1

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The case for industrial policy : a critical survey

Author:	Pack, Howard; Saggi, Kamal;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3839
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2006/01/31
Document Date:	2006/02/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS3839	SubTopics:	Industrial Management; Economic Theory & Research; Water and Industry; Markets and Market Access; ICT Policy and Strategies
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: What are the underlying rationales for industrial policy? Does empirical evidence support the use of industrial policy for correcting market failures that plague the process of industrialization? To address these questions, the authors provide a critical survey of the analytical literature on industrial policy. They also review some recent industry successes and argue that only a limited role was played by public interventions. Moreover, the recent ascendance of international industrial networks, which dominate the sectors in which less developed countries have in the past had considerable success, implies a further limitation on the potential role of industrial policies as traditionally understood. Overall, there appears to be little empirical support for an activist government policy even though market failures exist that can, in principle, justify the use of industrial policy.


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