| dc.contributor.author |
Olson, Kara M. |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2009-02-16T19:20:53Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2009-02-16T19:20:53Z |
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| dc.date.created |
2004-04 |
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| dc.date.issued |
2004-04 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/4941 |
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| dc.description |
Working Paper No. 200404-01. 36 pages. |
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| dc.description.abstract |
This research expands upon the current theoretical literature on the political
economy of trade policy by empirically estimating the degree of rent-seeking in
the presence of free riding. The results provide strong evidence that the level
of trade protection awarded to industries is significantly influenced by political
factors, including the number of firms that actively participate in a collective
action. However, fewer firms participate in collective actions in industries
characterized by either a large number of firms or high concentration levels
because the free rider problem becomes more severe. I estimate a model of
firm participation in antidumping petitions using a panel of U.S. petition filings
and outcomes between 1980 and 1996. After estimating the parameters of the
model, I simulate the impact of specific changes in U.S. antidumping law and
find that even small changes in the private returns to participating in this rentseeking
activity will dramatically change the level of trade protection in the
economy. |
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| dc.description.sponsorship |
Department of Economics, American University |
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| dc.language.iso |
en_US |
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| dc.publisher |
Department of Economics, American University |
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| dc.rights.uri |
Copyright © 2004 by Kara M. Olson. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies
of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright
notice appears on all such copies. |
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| dc.subject.other |
Antidumping |
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| dc.subject.other |
Collective actions |
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| dc.subject.other |
Rent-seeking |
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| dc.subject.other |
Free riding |
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| dc.title |
Free Riders Among the Rent-Seekers: A Model of Firm Participation in Antidumping Petition |
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| dc.type |
Working Paper |
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