Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/70206 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
cege Discussion Papers No. 118
Publisher: 
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege), Göttingen
Abstract: 
The Anti-trafficking Protocol reflects the interests of the major powers. Due to the high costs of compliance, countries will strategically select certain obligations to comply, which can satisfy the major powers with smaller costs. Among the three main obligations of the Protocol - prevention, protection and prosecution, we predict that ratification leads to compliance with the prevention policy first because prevention is less costly for member states to comply with. Therefore it is the most efficient form of compliance. We empirically test this hypothesis by employing panel data from 147 countries during the period of 2001-2009. As the theory predicts, the ratification of the Protocol has the strongest effect on the prevention policy of a member state compared to protection and prosecution. Our findings are robust to the method of estimation and the choice of variables.
Subjects: 
Anti-trafficking Protocol
ratification
efficient compliance
JEL: 
F22
F53
K33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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