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Protection for Sale in the EU

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  • Marianna Belloc
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    This paper presents estimation of the Grossman-Helpman (1994) model for the EU. We try to address a number of pitfalls that surround the previous empirical literature. First, we suggest a new identification strategy that enables to single out politically organized sectors with specific regard to trade policy. Second, we utilize two alternative measures of trade protection (ad-valorem equivalent of non-tariff barriers and overall restrictiveness) and adopt industrial and trade data at a high level of disaggregation. Finally, we directly obtain the structural coefficients of the model by estimating a nonlinear simultaneous equations system that is tightly linked to theory. We find that the theoretical model is broadly consistent with data and conclusions turn out internally coherent.

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    Paper provided by University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public Economics in its series Working Papers with number 100.

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    Length: 30
    Date of creation: Jul 2007
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    Handle: RePEc:sap:wpaper:wp100

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    Keywords: Trade policy; European Union; Lobbying; Political economy; Simultaneous Equations Models.;

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    1. Susumu Imai & Hajime Katayama & Kala Krishna, 2007. "Is Protection Really for Sale? A Survey and Directions for Future Research," Working Papers 1151, Queen's University, Department of Economics.

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