LOBBYING COMPETITION OVER TRADE POLICY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gawande, Kishore; Krishna, Pravin; Olarreaga, Marcelo
• 署名单位: Johns Hopkins University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Geneva
• 刊物名称: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0020-6598
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2011.00673.x
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 115-132
• 关键词: protection; sale

摘要

Competition between opposing lobbies is an important factor in the endogenous determination of trade policy. This article investigates the consequences of lobbying competition between upstream and downstream producers. The theoretical structure underlying the empirical analysis is the well-known GrossmanHelpman model of trade policy determination, modified to account for the cross-sectoral use of inputs (itself a quantitatively significant phenomenon, with around 50% of manufacturing output being used by other sectors rather than in final consumption). Our empirical results validate the theoretical predictions. Importantly, accounting for lobbying competition also alters substantially estimates of the welfare-mindedness of governments in setting trade policy.