just signaling for active involvement in lobbying action, since we find evidence that actual meeting attendance has a …

up with two rationales that help to understand why countries nevertheless consider protectionism to be a good response to … a recession: (i) the lobbying of domestic, non-exporting firms, and (ii) the relationship between vulnerability, the … degree of openness and loss aversion of consumers. -- protectionism ; trade liberalization ; short term shocks …

Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with US product … does not prove) the existence of counter-cyclical, hidden protectionism due to non-tariff barriers to trade in the United …

allowing for the possibility that policymakers also may be influenced by the rent-seeking (lobbying) behavior of businesses …

in US states may indeed reduce corruption levels among elected representatives. -- bicameralism ; corruption ; lobbying …