The Economics and Politics of Safeguards - Political Economy of the Japanese Safeguard System for Agricultural Goods -

This paper investigates the effect of political factors on safeguards. We present a simple model to show the relationship between political factors and safeguards, and empirically examine whether the Japanese safeguard system was influenced by the political factors. Our empirical analysis shows that the Japanese safeguard system for agricultural products is not neutral to the WTO Agreement on Safeguards and it is distorted due to political reasons.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Harimaya, Kozo ; Kagitani, Koichi
Published in:	Journal of Economic Integration. - Department of Economics and Trade. - Vol. 23.2008, p. 927-952
Publisher:	Department of Economics and Trade
Subject:	safeguards \| lobbying

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption ; F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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