This paper analyzes rent-seeking behavior in trade policy based on the Grossman-Helpman (1994) framework. Our empirical implementation deals with Polish trade policy in the late 1990s. We use the instrumental variable approach to estimate the model, accounting for possible endogeneity of the...

This paper provides evidence on the relative performance of internationalized firms using Polish firm-level data spanning over the period of 1996-2005. We distinguish between three modes of internationalization: exporting, importing of capital goods and foreign direct investment. Our results...