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The political economy of U.S. tariffs : an empirical analysis /
The Political Economy of U.S. Tariffs.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
1983.
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| Colección: | Economic theory, econometrics, mathematical economics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Political Economy of U.S. Tariffs: An Empirical Analysis; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; I. INTEREST AND NATURE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER; II. PREVIOUS WORK; Chapter 2. Theoretical and Institutional Aspects of Tariff Policy; I. AN ECONOMIC MODEL OF DECISION-MAKING BY POLITICIANS; II. THE ROLE OF PRESSURE GROUPS; III. RESPONSE TO PRESSURE; IV. REMAINING PRESSURE POINTS; V. CONCLUSION; APPENDIX: THE TRADE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM; Chapter 3. Equilibrium, Continuity, and Change in the Tariff Structure; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH.
- III. PROBLEMS WITH THE EQUILIBRIUM APPROACHIV. IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; Chapter 4. Measures of Protection; I. NOMINAL AND EFFECTIVE TARIFFS; II. POSSIBLE USE OF INPUT DUTIES AS A REGRESSOR; III. NOMINAL AND EFFECTIVE TARIFFS: A COROLLARY; IV. NONTARIFF BARRIERS; V. SUMMARY; DATA APPENDIX: SOURCES AND DETAILS OF TARIFF AND NTB DATA; Chapter 5. The Comparative Disadvantage Variables; I. INTRODUCTION; II. HYPOTHESIZED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TARIFFS AND COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE; III. PREVIOUS WORK; IV. MEASUREMENT; V. SUMMARY; APPENDIX: TARIFFS, RENTS, AND QUASI-RENTS.
- Chapter 6. Other Hypotheses and VariablesI. TARIFFS AND PRESSURE GROUPS; II. DISPLACEMENT COSTS; III. TARIFFS AS A PRODUCT OF INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION; IV. TARIFF STRUCTURE AS A REMNANT FROM THE PAST; V. TARIFFS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST; VI. SUMMARY OF VARIABLES; DATA APPENDIX: SOURCES AND DETAILS OF EXOGENOUS VARIABLES; Chapter 7. Empirical Results; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE EXPLANATORY POWER OF THE MODEL; III. INTEREST GROUPS; IV. DISPLACEMENT COSTS; V. COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE; VI. HISTORICAL CONTINUITY; VII. BARGAINING; VIII. MISCELLANY; APPENDIX: EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED.
- Chapter 8. ConclusionReferences; Index.