The Politics of WTO Enforcement Mechanism

• Main Author: Chang, Pao Li
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Trade sanction; enforcement failure; compliance; compensation; political economy; International Economics; International Trade Law; Political Economy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/850; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/1849/viewcontent/up.25680.1077353670.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper attempts to develop a formal economic framework to analyze the influences of domestic political considerations by democratic governments in shaping the WTO enforcement outcomes following a violation ruling against the defendant. Since a different mix of import and export sectors in the de...