A political economy model of protection is used to determine endogenously the intersectoral patterns of protection. Three propositions are derived that are consistent with the stylized patterns of tariff protection in rich and poor countries: Nominal protection rates escalate with the degree of...

A political economy model of protection is used to determine endogenously the intersectoral patterns of protection. Three propositions are derived that are consistent with the stylized patterns of tariff protection in rich and poor countries: Nominal protection rates escalate with the degree of...

This paper investigates the issue of the optimal tariff policy of the domestic country ("North") in an environment in which its trade with the foreign country ("South") is accompanied by a leakage of technological information (spillovers). Three duopoly games were considered. The first one views...