A quantile-based test of protection for sale model

Susumu Imai, Hajime Katayama and Kala Krishna ()

Journal of International Economics, 2013, vol. 91, issue 1, 40-52

Abstract: This paper proposes a new test of the Protection for Sale (PFS) model by Grossman and Helpman (1994). Unlike existing methods in the literature, our approach does not require any data on political organization. We use quantile and IV quantile regressions in our tests, using the data from Gawande and Bandyopadhyay (2000). Surprisingly, the results do not provide any evidence favoring the PFS model. We also explain why previous work may have found support for it.

Keywords: Protection for sale; Lobbying; Political economy; Quantile regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2013.03.002

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