The Economics and Politics of Administered Protection: An Analysis of the Japanese Safeguard System for Agricultural Goods

Koichi Kagitani, Hirofumi Tominaga and Kozo Harimaya
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Koichi Kagitani: Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University, Japan
Hirofumi Tominaga: Graduate school of Economics, Kobe University, Japan

No 136, Discussion Paper Series from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Abstract: This paper models the lobbying activity concerning a safeguard measure and applies it to the empirical analysis to see if the monitoring system on a safeguard measure is administered along with the WTO agreement or affected by political factors. The model analysis describes that there exists a potential mechanism that a rise in imports induces a political activity by producers. The empirical analysis shows that the monitoring system on a safeguard measure is not so neutral to the WTO conditions and it is more or less influenced by the political factors.

Keywords: Administered protection; Safeguard; Lobbying; WTO agreement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D73 F13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2003-03
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