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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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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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Elections, special interests, and the fiscal costs of financial crisis

Keefer, Philip - 2004

"Keefer proposes a new approach to explain why the costs of crisis are greater in some countries than in others. He begins with the premise that many crises result from the willingness of politicians to cater to special interests at the expense of broad social interests. A parsimonious model...

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Inefficient lobbying, populism, and oligarchy

Campante, Filipe R. - 2004

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Learning by doing : World Bank lending for urban development ; 1972-82

Cohen, Michael A. - 1983 - 2. print

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Learning-by-doing, learning-by-exporting, and productivity : evidence from Colombia

Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2005

"The empirical evidence on whether participation in export markets increases plant-level productivity has been inconclusive so far. The authors explain this inconclusiveness by drawing on Arrow's (1962) characterization of learning-by-doing, which suggests focusing on young plants and using...

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Mexico : Determinants of Learning Policy Note

World Bank - 2012

This report aims to identify the determinants of learning in Mexico, focusing on equity, cross-country comparisons and national studies. The present report provides new analytical work on the determinants of learning using international and national assessments, as well as new work on the...

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Alternative and Inclusive Learning in the Philippines

World Bank - 2016

The Philippines has made remarkable progress in improving the quality of basic education in recent decades. Even so, despite significant improvements in primary and secondary education, the number of students who drop out of school remains worryingly high. More than five million youths have...

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