Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52787 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2003/62
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
With the help of a simple model of production and trade, we examine the differential impact of tariff escalation on skilled and unskilled wages in an economy. Our findings provide a lobbying-based explanation of the prevalence of tariff escalation in developed countries. It also predicts the possible response of a developing country and shows how similar lobbying activity in that country can slow the pace of liberalization of service sector trade.
Subjects: 
escalation
tariff
lobby
developing country
WTO
JEL: 
F01
F11
F13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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