Arye L. Hillman

The Political Economy of Protection

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how trade policy is determined in democratic countries, and illustrates how protectionist policies are engendered by political processes that allow groups to pursue their own interests.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780415269148
• ISBN-10: 0415269148
• Artikelnr.: 21379620

Autorenporträt

Arye L. Hillman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Efficiency of Free Trade and The Prevalence of Protection
Chapter 1 1. Identifying the Gainers and Losers from Protection
Chapter 2 2. Political Self-Interest Motives and Protection
Chapter 3 3. Protection under Direct Democracy
Chapter 4 4. Protection under Representative Democracy
Chapter 5 5. Shadow Prices of Factors and the Social Cost of Lobbying
Chapter 6 6. The Resource Cost of Political Contestability
Chapter 7 7. Political Choice of the Means of Protection
Chapter 8 8. Foreign Interests: The Role for Voluntary Export Restraints
Chapter 9 9. Trade Policy as Social Insurance
Chapter 10 10. The Institutional Setting
Chapter 11 11. Evidence
Chapter 12 12. Concluding Remarks