Interest-group lobbying for free trade: an empirical case study of international trade policy formation

• Many public choice-models have a problem explaining why governments support free trade policies in the face of interest-group lobbying. A common assumption is that interest groups tend to be rent-seeking and therefore protectionist. In this empirical case study I find the interest groups to be anti-protectionist. The study shows that many interest groups have a more complex analysis underlying their trade policy preferences than what many public choice-models so far have allowed for.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Interest group

lobbying

trade policy

free trade

Uruguay Round

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