dc.contributor.author |
Karabay, Bilgehan |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-02-14T04:16:34Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009-03 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Economics & Politics 21(1):1-41 Article number 1 Mar 2009 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0954-1985 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/6359 |
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dc.description.abstract |
We analyze an informational theory of lobbying in the context of strategic trade policy. A home firm competes with a foreign firm to export to a third country. The home policy-maker aims to improve the home firm's profit using an export subsidy. The optimal export subsidy depends on the demand conditions in the third country, which are unknown to the policy-maker. The home firm can convey this information to the policy-maker via costly lobbying. Surprisingly, the presence of lobbying costs can be advantageous for both: it makes the home firm's lobby effort credible and eases the policy-maker's information problem. We identify the conditions under which lobbying is beneficial on balance and the conditions under which it is harmful. |
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dc.language |
English |
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dc.publisher |
Wiley |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Economics & Politics |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0954-1985/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Lobbying under Asymmetric Information |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1111/j.1468-0343.2008.00334.x |
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pubs.issue |
1 |
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pubs.begin-page |
1 |
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pubs.volume |
21 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: 2009 The Author. Journal compilation; 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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pubs.end-page |
41 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
202813 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2011-02-03 |
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