Democracy and trade policy in developing countries -- Trade protection and electoral malpractice in new democratic regimes -- Trade protection and electoral fraud in new democracies: the empirical evidence -- Political particularism and trade policy in developing democracies -- Empirical tests...

The paper departs from the perception that trade in services in general and developing countries' exports in services in particular are dynamic segments of world trade. Both total trade data as well as US import trade figures do not support this perception. Success episodes such as the recent...