The Great Recession renewed calls for a return of state activism in support of the European economy. The widespread nationalizations of ailing companies and the growing activism of national development banks led many to celebrate the re-appearance of industrial policy. Despite this reappraisal, however, comparative political economy (CPE) contributions to the study of industrial policy are still scarce. This review article critically overviews the existing literature linking CPE and industrial policy meeting three goals. First, to trace the evolution of the goals, protagonists, and policy instruments of industrial policy in the European Union (EU) since the post-war period. Second, to provide a periodization of the evolution of industrial policy based on the distinction between the inward-looking forms of state intervention prevalent until the late 1970s and the open-market industrial policy of later decades. Third, to outline future research pathways based on the integration between CPE, heterodox economics, and economic geography.

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产业政策和比较政治经济学：文献回顾和研究议程

大萧条再次呼吁国家行动主义回归以支持欧洲经济。陷入困境的公司的广泛国有化和国家开发银行日益增长的激进主义使许多人庆祝产业政策的重新出现。然而，尽管进行了重新评估，比较政治经济学（CPE）对产业政策研究的贡献仍然很少。这篇评论文章批判性地概述了将 CPE 与满足三个目标的产业政策联系起来的现有文献。首先，追溯战后以来欧盟（EU）产业政策的目标、主角和政策工具的演变。第二，根据直到 1970 年代后期流行的内向型国家干预形式与后来几十年的公开市场产业政策之间的区别，提供产业政策演变的分期。第三，基于CPE、非正统经济学和经济地理学之间的整合，勾勒出未来的研究路径。