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Ideas, interests, and politics in the case of Belgian Corn Law repeal, 1834-1873

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Van Dijck, Maarten [Katholieke Universiteit Leuven] Truyts, Tom [UCL]

Economic interests, ideas, and politics have been put forward as explanations for the Repeal of the British Corn Laws. This article evaluates these competing explanations using the case of the Belgian Corn Laws between 1834 and 1873. A detailed quantitative analysis assesses the success of party affiliation and personal and constituency economic interests in predicting representatives' voting behavior. These factors prove to be insufficient to explain the shift towards free trade. This article then moves on to a qualitative analysis, which points to the importance of political strategy and ideas in the liberalization of corn tariffs.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2011
Language Anglais
Journal information "The Journal of Economic History" - Vol. 71, no. 1, p. 173-198 (2011)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Cambridge University Press ((United Kingdom) Cambridge)
issn 0022-0507
e-issn 1471-6372
Publication status Publié
Affiliations Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KADOC
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Center for Economic Studies
UCL - Autre
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Bibliographic reference Van Dijck, Maarten ; Truyts, Tom. Ideas, interests, and politics in the case of Belgian Corn Law repeal, 1834-1873. In: The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 71, no. 1, p. 173-198 (2011)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078/95534