Limão, Nuno; Tovar, Patricia - In: Journal of International Economics 85 (2011) 2, pp. 186-205
Why do governments employ inefficient policies when more efficient ones are available for the same purpose? We address this puzzle in the context of redistribution toward special interest groups (SIGs) by focusing on a set of important policies: tariffs and non-tariff barriers (NTBs). In our...