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Protection for Sale: An Empirical Investigation

Goldberg, Pinelopi Koujianou, Maggi, Giovanni·1999·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.89.5.1135
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The Grossman-Helpman “Protection for Sale” model, concerning the political economy of trade protection, yields clear predictions for the cross-sectional structure of import barriers. Our objective is to check whether the predictions of the Grossman-Helpman model are consistent with the data and, if the model finds support, to estimate its key structural parameters. We find that the pattern of protection in the United States in 1983 is broadly consistent with the predictions of the model. A surprising finding is that the weight of welfare in the government's objective function is many times larger than the weight of contributions. (JEL F1)

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Authors
Goldberg, P. K., & Maggi, G.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
1999-12-01
Volume
89
Issue
5
Pages
1135-1155
ISSN
0002-8282
DOI
10.1257/aer.89.5.1135
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W3122977567
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854
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journal article
Language
en
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