The Political Economy of U.S. Tariffs

An Empirical Analysis

Réal P. Lavergne, Karl Shell

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780124387409
• eBook ISBN: 9781483271231
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Marketing
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The Political Economy of U.S. Tariffs: An Empirical Analysis provides information pertinent to the political economy of trade barriers. This book discusses the cross-sectional regression analysis across industries to understand why some industries have been more privileged than others. Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of the structure of protection and identifies the primary actors or principles that condition the formation of trade policy more generally. This text then evaluates the institutional and theoretical reasons why political leverage should not be expected to play a significant role in explaining tariffs. Other chapters consider the notion that the structure of protection at any point in time represents some sort of equilibrium. This book discusses as well the distinction between nominal and effective tariffs. The final chapter deals with individual regressors and groups of regressors. This book is a valuable resource for economists and specialists in quantitative analysis.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• The Political Economy of U.S. Tariffs: An Empirical Analysis
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Theoretical and Institutional Aspects of Tariff Policy
• Chapter 3. Equilibrium, Continuity, and Change in the Tariff Structure
• Chapter 4. Measures of Protection
• Chapter 5. The Comparative Disadvantage Variables
• Chapter 6. Other Hypotheses and Variables
• Chapter 7. Empirical Results
• Chapter 8. Conclusion
• References
• Index