Trade Reforms and the Protection-Seeking Process: A Uniform Distribution Approach.

This paper focuses on the possible effects on lobbying effort of a reform of the trade policy decision mechanism. In particular, an elemental evaluation of a two-stage lobbying process to seek administered and political protection is proposed, where the uncertainty concerning both the probability and the level of protection to be granted is captured by a simple uniform distribution.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Bilal, S.
Institutions:	Department of Economics, University of Birmingham
Subject:	TRADE \| INTERNATIONAL TRADE \| POLITICAL ECONOMY \| POLITICS

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Series:	Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	50 pages
Classification:	D70 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making. General ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; F10 - Trade. General ; F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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