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Using an extension of the influence-driven lobbying approach developed by Grossman and Helpman, we study the impact of regional trading arrangements (RIAS) on trade policy towards non-members in a three-good, three-country model.
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This Paper assesses the foreign lobbying forces behind the tariff preferences that the United States grants to Latin American countries. The basic framework is one developed by Grossman and Helpman (1994) that is extended to explain the relationship between foreign lobbying and tariff...
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Using an extension of the influence-driven lobbying approach developed by Grossman and Helpman, we study the impact of regional trading arrangements (RIAS) on trade policy towards non-members in a three-good, three-country model.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005640595
This paper examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in … world markets. To explain higher protection in sectors where a large share is imported from these countries, we extend the … 'protection for sale' model to allow for different degrees of substitutability between domestically produced and imported …
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This paper investigates economic and political determinants of protection across the secondary (manufacturing) sector … compared to the rest-of-the-world to have low levels of protection. Moreover, the degree of protection should change as the … industries may enjoy a great deal of protection because of political lobbying (...) …
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Both Russia and the EU are undertaking significant changes in foreign trade relations. Russia seeks WTO accession and the EU has concluded negotiations enlarging the union with ten new members. Against this background, what economic relationship can EU and Russia develop? The Paper analyses the...
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Using a general equilibrium model of a protected developing economy, we demonstrate that imperfect labor mobility may eliminate the possibility of immiserizing growth from foreign investment in an export enclave by allowing job creation to countervail losses in tariff revenue.
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This paper investigates economic and political determinants of protection across the secondary (manufacturing) sector … compared to the rest-of-the-world to have low levels of protection. Moreover, the degree of protection should change as the … industries may enjoy a great deal of protection because of political lobbying. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334289
This paper investigates economic and political determinants of protection across the secondary (manufacturing) sector … compared to the rest-of-the-world to have low levels of protection. Moreover, the degree of protection should change as the … industries may enjoy a great deal of protection because of political lobbying. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005800328
This paper investigates the link between published tariff rates and realized tariff rates using Indian inter-industry manufacturing sector data over three Plan periods. Understanding this link is important as economies liberalize trade and must deal with the potential revenue shortfalls: if the...
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