The Political Economy of Protection

Wilfred J. Ethier
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Wilfred J. Ethier: University of Pennsylvania International School of Economics at TSU

Chapter 10 in Palgrave Handbook of International Trade, 2013, pp 295-320 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract International trade theory has traditionally examined protection from a normative perspective: What are its consequences and when is it justified from the point of view of national welfare? Beginning in the 1980s increasing attention has been paid to analyzing protection from a positive perspective: What actually determines it? These two approaches are obviously complementary — both are necessary. This chapter addresses the latter. Other surveys are provided by Nelson (1988), Magee (1994) and Rodrik (1995).

Keywords: Political Economy; Trade Policy; Trade Agreement; Market Access; Export Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-230-30531-1_10

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