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Tariffs and politics : evidence from Trump's trade wars

Fetzer, Thiemo; Schwarz, Carlo - 2019

Are retaliatiory tariffs politically targeted and, if so, are they effective? Do countries designing a retaliation response face a trade-off between maximizing political targeting and mitigating domestic economic harm? We use the recent trade escalation between the US, China, the European Union...

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Neo-Protectionism and the European Lobbies

Belloc, Marianna - 2014

just signaling for active involvement in lobbying action, since we find evidence that actual meeting attendance has a …

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Neo-Protectionism and the European Lobbies

Belloc, Marianna - CESifo - 2014

just signaling for active involvement in lobbying action, since we find evidence that actual meeting attendance has a …

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Policy and politics : trade adjustment assistance in the crossfire

Laincz, Christopher A.; Matschke, Xenia; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2016

The United States introduced Federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) as part of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act to dampen the adverse impact of increased trade on workers. Applications to receive TAA require approval from the Department of Labor. Guided by the technical criteria used by the U.S....

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Chapter 2. The Political Economy of Commercial Policy

McLaren, J. - In: Handbook of commercial policy : vol 1A-1B, (pp. 109-159). 2016

This chapter surveys research on the demand for protectionism as well as theoretical and empirical work on the (i …) electoral mechanisms, the (ii) lobbying institutions, and the (iii) legislative bargaining that affect its supply. A recent … the other. Areas ripe for more exploration include informational lobbying, the role of the media, firm-level analysis of …

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A political argument for inefficiency under severe political pressure

Nisani, Doron - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 12 (2023), pp. 1-13

Who watches the watchmen? In order to examine the role of the governance separation of powers principle in economics, we developed a theoretical model of a structurally failed market with and without political pressure. We conclude that if the executive branch is dedicated to its public duty,...

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Neo-Protectionism and the European Lobbies

Belloc, Marianna - 2014

just signaling for active involvement in lobbying action, since we find evidence that actual meeting attendance has a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051609

Protection for Sale in the EU

Belloc, Marianna - 2007

This paper presents estimation of the Grossman-Helpman (1994) model for the EU. We try to address a number of pitfalls that surround the previous empirical literature. First, we suggest a new identification strategy that enables to single out politically organized sectors with specific regard to...

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Politics and trade policy : an empirical investigation

Eicher, Theo S.; Osang, Thomas - 2001

In this paper we examine the empirical relevance of three prominent endogenous protection models. Is protection for sale, or do altruistic policy makers worry about political support? We find strong evidence that protection is indeed for sale. The important new result is, however, that not only...

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Trade Agreements in the Shadow of Lobbying

Buzard, Kristy - 2016

negotiate agreements while the legislative branches, subject to political pressure from firms, can disrupt them. Lobbying is in … set relatively high tariffs to discourage lobbying and increase the chance that the agreement will be ratified. The model …

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