endogenous determination of trade protection through lobbying - where the government is also concerned about income … foreign capital enters the export or import-competing sectors).There will either be increased counter-lobbying for protection … by the export sector or reduced lobbying for protection in the import-competing sector, because of the scale effect …

Can multinational firms exert more power than national firms by influencing politics through lobbying? To answer this … question, we analyze the extent of national environmental regulation when policy is determined in a lobbying game between a … multinational; this changes for high transportation costs and intermediate damage parameters. When there is no lobbying, welfare …