Ideas, Interests, and Politics in the Case of Belgian Corn Law Repeal, 1834–1873
用比利时1834-1873年谷物法废除案例，检验了经济利益、观念和政治因素对自由贸易转向的解释力。定量分析发现党派和利益不足以解释投票行为，定性分析则凸显了政治策略和观念的关键作用。
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.