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Unlocking Australia's Contingent Protection Black Box

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  • DONALD FEAVER
  • KENNETH WILSON

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In this paper, the material injury outcome decisions of the Australian regulatory authority (the Anti‐Dumping Authority) are analyzed in order to determine which factors are influential in determining outcome decisions. The paper tests hypotheses concerning how the Australian authorities decide whether an Australian industry has suffered material injury as required under the relevant Australian legislation and the GATT/WTO obligations. The paper concludes that even though the Australian authorities follow a procedurally correct and GATT‐consistent approach, there is nevertheless some evidence of protectionist bias in favour of domestic industries.

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  • Donald Feaver & Kenneth Wilson, 1998. "Unlocking Australia's Contingent Protection Black Box," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 74(224), pages 62-73, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:74:y:1998:i:224:p:62-73
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1998.tb01904.x
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    3. Donald Feaver & Kenneth Wilson, 2004. "The 'Market' for contingent protection," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(4), pages 497-509.
    4. Christis G. Tombazos, 2003. "Unprotective Tariffs, Ineffective Liberalization, and Other Mysteries: An Investigation of the Endogenous Dimensions of Trade Policy Formation in Australia," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 70(1), pages 49-74, July.

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