Endogenous Tariffs in a Common-Agency Model: A New Empirical Approach Applied to India

This paper proposes a new method to test the Grossman-Helpman model of endogenous protection and lobby formation, which does not require data on lobby formation or contributions. It identifies politically organized industries using commonly available trade and production data, as well as the model&#...

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Autores principales: Cadot, Olivier, Dutoit, Laure, Grether, Jean-Marie, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Instituto de Economía y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidada Nacional de Córdoba. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REyE/article/view/11875
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political economy
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Cadot, Olivier
Dutoit, Laure
Grether, Jean-Marie
Olarreaga, Marcelo
Endogenous Tariffs in a Common-Agency Model: A New Empirical Approach Applied to India
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political economy
protection
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India
economía política
protección
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author Cadot, Olivier
Dutoit, Laure
Grether, Jean-Marie
Olarreaga, Marcelo
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Dutoit, Laure
Grether, Jean-Marie
Olarreaga, Marcelo
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title Endogenous Tariffs in a Common-Agency Model: A New Empirical Approach Applied to India
title_short Endogenous Tariffs in a Common-Agency Model: A New Empirical Approach Applied to India
title_full Endogenous Tariffs in a Common-Agency Model: A New Empirical Approach Applied to India
title_fullStr Endogenous Tariffs in a Common-Agency Model: A New Empirical Approach Applied to India
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title_sort endogenous tariffs in a common-agency model: a new empirical approach applied to india
description This paper proposes a new method to test the Grossman-Helpman model of endogenous protection and lobby formation, which does not require data on lobby formation or contributions. It identifies politically organized industries using commonly available trade and production data, as well as the model's structural parameter estimates. Applied to India, it yields results that are qualitatively consistent with the model's predictions and that seem quantitatively more plausible than estimates given for the US by alternative methods. Our estimates imply that the weight put by the Indian government on contributions by politically organized sectors is a third of the weight it puts on (gross) social welfare, well above existing estimates for the United States.  
publisher Instituto de Economía y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidada Nacional de Córdoba.
publishDate 2013
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REyE/article/view/11875
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