policy in a lobbying model taking into account the conflict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown … aggressive. Making use of the Doing Business database, we find, consistent with our theory, evidence that international openness …-seeking governments. -- Entrepreneurship ; Regulation ; Innovation ; Market Integration ; Lobbying …

policy in a lobbying model taking into account the conflict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown … aggressive. Making use of the Doing Business database, we find, consistent with our theory, evidence that international openness …

so by focusing on the use of lobbying for protection by import competing firms as a means to postpone costly product …, it will be optimal to adjust quality and to decrease the lobbying effort at some time, leading to liberalization and … technological catch-up. But then the equilibrium tariff will again be small and "cheap", and it will pay to start lobbying anew …

policy in a lobbying model taking into account the con.ict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that … use of the Doing Business database, we find, consistent with our theory, evidence that international openness reduces …