Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/94263 
Year of Publication: 
1996
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 1996-16
Publisher: 
Rutgers University, Department of Economics, New Brunswick, NJ
Abstract: 
This paper investigates economic and political determinants of protection across the secondary (manufacturing) sector. Economic factors can be summarized by the infant industry argument and we expect industries which are relatively efficient compared to the rest-of-the-world to have low levels of protection. Moreover, the degree of protection should change as the relative efficiency of an industry changes over time. Political factors reflect pressure group politics: relatively inefficient industries may enjoy a great deal of protection because of political lobbying.
Subjects: 
Effective Rate of Protection
Liberalization
Political Economy
Protection
Trade
JEL: 
D78
F13
O21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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