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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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Inefficient lobbying, populism, and oligarchy
Campante, Filipe R. - 2004
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Import demand elasticities and trade distortions
Nicita, Alessandro - 2004
"To study the effects of tariffs on gross domestic product (GDP), one needs import demand elasticities at the tariff line level that are consistent with GDP maximization. These do not exist. Kee, Nicita, and Olarreaga modify Kohli's (1991) GDP function approach to estimate demand elasticities...
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Trading market access for competition policy enforcement
Saggi, Kamal - 2004
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A general equilibrium estimation of the effects of reductions in tariffs and quantitative restrictions in Turkey in 1978
Grais, Wafik - 1984
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Productivity growth and product variety : gains from imitation and education
Addison, Douglas - 2003
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An alternative unifying measure of welfare gains from risk-sharing
Auffret, Philippe - 2001
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Estimating trade restrictiveness indices
Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2006
"The objective of this paper is to provide indicators of trade restrictiveness that include both measures of tariff and nontariff barriers for 91 developing and industrial countries. For each country, the authors estimate three trade restrictiveness indices. The first one summarizes the degree...
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The challenge of reducing subsidies and trade barriers
Anderson, Kym - 2004
"This is one of 10 studies for the Copenhagen Consensus Project that sought to evaluate the most feasible opportunities to improve welfare globally and alleviate poverty in developing countries. Anderson argues that phasing out distortionary government subsidies and barriers to international...
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Foreign informational lobbying can enhance tourism : evidence from the Caribbean
Gawande, Kishore S. - 2009
"There exist legal channels for informational lobbying of U.S. policymakers by foreign principals. Foreign governments … issues. This paper empirically studies whether such lobbying effectively achieves its goal of trade promotion in the context … of Caribbean tourism, and suggests the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. Panel data are …
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