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Lobbying and agricultural trade policy in the United States

Gawande, Kishore S. - 2006

"The authors study whether political campaign contributions influence agricultural protection in the United States in the manner suggested by the political economy model of Grossman and Helpman (1994). This is the first attempt to test this model using agricultural data. The authors test the...

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The structure of lobbying and protection in U.S. agriculture

Gawande, Kishore S. - 2005

"The author surveys the empirical literature on the political economy of agricultural protection. He uses a detailed data set of agricultural Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions over five U.S. congressional election cycles over the 1991-2000 period to investigate the relationship...

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Trade Protectionism and Intra-industry Trade: A USA - EU Comparison

Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra; Sousa, Cândida; Carvalho, Helena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The aim of this work is to find patterns for products included in the customs tariffs of the USA and the EU (composed … similarities. The results show a significant difference in the tariffs applied between the USA and the EU, with the USA presenting … a lower level of protectionism. Additionally, the results for the USA show a positive relationship between the degree of …

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Trade Protectionism and Intra-industry Trade: A USA - EU Comparison

Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra; Sousa, Cândida; Carvalho, Helena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110534