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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 1991-2000 period to investigate the relationship between lobbying spending and agricultural protection. A detailed … sectors the majority of contributions are made by very few PACs. Econometric analysis reveals that lobbying spending by … strong association between the average U.S. tariff on goods that benefit from U.S. export subsidies and lobbying spending …

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The role of importers and exporters in the determination of the U.S. tariff preferences granted to Latin America

Silva, Peri Agostinho da - 2005

Latin American exporters and U.S. importers' lobbying efforts have a significant and important role in determining the …

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Small-scale private service providers of water supply and electricity : a review of incidence, structure, pricing, and operating characteristics

Kariuki, Mukami - 2005

"This paper summarizes the key findings and conclusions of a literature review of small-scale private service providers (SPSPs) of water supply and electricity conducted over a six-month period in 2003. It draws on more than 400 documents-including journals, articles, reports, case studies and...

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