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...

This paper considers the endogenous determination of administered trade rules and investigates the effects on lobbying behaviour of a less protection-friendly legislative and administered process (which could be triggered by international constraints or institutional changes, for instance).