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...

Using a computable general equilibrium model we assess the effects of services trade liberalization in Poland and its major trading partners in the context of the WTO Doha Round negotiations and the ongoing process of trade liberalization within the enlarged European Union. The paper provides a...