Political Survival, Energy Policies, and Multinational Corporations: A Historical Study for Standard Oil of New Jersey in Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela in the Twentieth Century.

摘要: We draw on the selectorate theory and detailed historical research to explain how a government relationship with foreign multinationals will depend strategies followed by host country’s ruler assure his/her political survival. Focusing in three oil-exporting countries (Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico) one firm (Standard Oil Company of New Jersey) during twentieth century, we show that oil rents are valuable resource for loyalty winning coalition. We argue depending small coalition use as private good be distributed among those close ruler, while relying large coalitions public goods population. When acting against multinationals, is constrained power firms’ home country over between its country. Finally, shared agendas governments give more space maneuver firms.