Lobbying and agricultural trade policy in the United States
Title | Lobbying and agricultural trade policy in the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Kishore S. Gawande |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Agriculture and state |
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The authors study whether political campaign contributions influence agricultural protection in the United States in the manner suggested by the political economy model of Grossman and Helpman (1994). This is the first attempt to test this model using agricultural data. The authors test the model using a detailed cross-sectional data set of agricultural protection, subsidies, and political action committee (PAC) contributions in the late 1990s. The model is qualitatively affirmed by the data. They make a novel attempt to solve a puzzle about the model's quantitative implications, also found in recent studies. This solution makes the simple model consistent with the complicated decisionmaking process in real world government. The results imply the underpinnings of a political economy equilibrium that will be hard to dislodge.
Lobbying and Agricultural Trade Policy in the United States
Title | Lobbying and Agricultural Trade Policy in the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Kishore Gawande |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
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The authors study whether political campaign contributions influence agricultural protection in the United States in the manner suggested by the political economy model of Grossman and Helpman (1994). This is the first attempt to test this model using agricultural data. The authors test the model using a detailed cross-sectional data set of agricultural protection, subsidies, and political action committee (PAC) contributions in the late 1990s. The model is qualitatively affirmed by the data. They make a novel attempt to solve a puzzle about the model's quantitative implications, also found in recent studies. This solution makes the simple model consistent with the complicated decisionmaking process in real world government. The results imply the underpinnings of a political economy equilibrium that will be hard to dislodge.
Foreign Trade and Agricultural Policy
Title | Foreign Trade and Agricultural Policy PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 284 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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Empowering Exporters
Title | Empowering Exporters PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Gilligan |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | 421 |
Release | 2010-08-27 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0472027158 |
Until the New Deal, most groups seeking protection from imports were successful in obtaining relief from Congress. In general the cost of paying the tariffs for consumers was less than the cost of mounting collective action to stop the tariffs. In 1934, with the passage of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, all of this changed. The six decades that followed have produced a remarkable liberalization of trade policy in the United States. This occurred despite the fact that domestic politics, according to some of the best developed theories, should have prevented this liberalization. Michael Gilligan argues that liberalization has succeeded because it has been reciprocal with liberalization in other countries. Our trade barriers have been reduced as an explicit quid pro quo for reduction of trade barriers in other countries. Reciprocity, Gilligan argues, gives exporters the incentive to support free trade policies because it gives them a clear gain from free trade and thus enables the exporters to overcome collective action problems. The lobbying by exporters, balancing the interests of groups seeking protection, changes the preferences of political leaders in favor of more liberalization. Gilligan tests his theory in a detailed exploration of the history of American trade policy and in a quantitative analysis showing increases in the demand for liberalization as the result of reciprocity in trade legislation from 1890 to the present. This book should appeal to political scientists, economists, and those who want to understand the political underpinnings of American trade policy. Michael J. Gilligan is Assistant Professor of Politics, New York University.
Agricultural Exports and U.S. Foreign Economic Policy
Title | Agricultural Exports and U.S. Foreign Economic Policy PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 444 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Agriculture and state |
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United States Agricultural Trade Policy
Title | United States Agricultural Trade Policy PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 160 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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The Political Economy of Agricultural Trade
Title | The Political Economy of Agricultural Trade PDF eBook |
Author | Lynda Young |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 80 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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