NDLI: Think globally, buy locally: International agreements and government procurement

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Author	Rickard, Stephanie J. Ko, Daniel Y.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Do international treaties constrain national governments? The answer appears to be “yes” when it comes to the use of traditional barriers to trade, such as tariffs. Yet, while many governments have cut tariffs to comply with international agreements, they have often raised non-tariff barriers in their place. One increasingly prominent non-tariff barrier is discrimination in public procurement. Governments frequently discriminate against foreign suppliers in favor of domestic ones when buying goods and services. In an attempt to reduce procurement discrimination, international organizations, such as the World Trade Organization, have devoted ever more attention to members’ procurement practices. Additionally, a growing number of preferential trade agreements seek to regulate public procurement. It remains unclear, however, whether international rules are effective in changing governments’ purchasing behavior. Using original data, we find that neither multilateral nor preferential procurement agreements substantially reduce governments’ propensity to “buy national.” These results illustrate the difficulty of regulating non-transparent policy areas via international treaties.
Starting Page	333
Ending Page	352
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15597431
Journal	The Review of International Organizations
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	1559744X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-10-05
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Procurement WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) Preferential trade agreements Transparency Social Sciences Political Science Economics general
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Political Science and International Relations Economics and Econometrics Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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