Market Access for Sale: Latin   America's Lobbying for U.S. Tariff Preferences

Kee, Hiau Looi; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri

Market Access for Sale: Latin America's Lobbying for U.S. Tariff Preferences

2004

Kee, Hiau Looi | Olarreaga, Marcelo | Silva, Peri

This paper assesses the foreign lobbying forces behind the tariff preferences that the United States grants to Latin American and Caribbean countries. The basic framework is the one developed that is extended to explain the relationship between foreign lobbying and tariff preferences. Results suggest that returns to Latin American and Caribbean exporters lobbying for tariff preferences in the United States are around 50 percent. The reason for these large returns is the relatively low estimated weight given to social welfare in the U.S. government's objective function when deciding whether or not to grant tariff preferences to Latin American and Caribbean exporters.

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agricultural products agriculture central america consumers democracy dictatorship dumping elasticity equilibrium exports fishing free trade free trade agreements government agencies imports income international trade legislation lobbying market access south america trade barriers trade policies trade preferences

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World Bank, Washington, D.C.

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Consumer surplus; Exporting countries; Exporters; Lobbyists; Expenditures; Minimis level; Producer surplus; Foreign exporters; Quotas; Tariff reductions; Economic factors; South american; World trade; Producers; Exhaustive discussion; Anti-dumping duties; Substitution effect; Trade issues; Tariff preferences; Non-tariff barriers; Trading partners; Econometric analysis; Latin american; Foreign producers; Tariff barriers; Empirical studies; Exporting country; Welfare function; Tariff rates; Tariff revenue; Political economy; Tariff negotiations; Preferential tariff regime; Preferential agreements; Domestic market; Export growth; Preferential access; Free trade area; Trade policy; Nationals; Importing country; Tariff preference; Government officials; Domestic producers; Preferential tariff; Utility function; Policy instruments

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Policy Research Working Paper;No.3198http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/World BankCC BY 3.0 Unported

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Policy Research Working Paper;No.3198

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Market Access for Sale: Latin America's Lobbying for U.S. Tariff Preferences

2004

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