The structure of lobbying and protection in U.S. agriculture / Kishore Gawande.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Gawande, Kishore S., 1959-

Contributor:

World Bank.

Series:

Policy research working papers ; 3722.

World Bank e-Library.

Policy research working paper ; 3722

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pressure groups--United States.

Pressure groups.

Produce trade--Government policy--United States.

Produce trade.

Tariff on farm produce--United States.

Tariff on farm produce.

United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.

United States.

Other Title:

Policy research working paper vol. 3722

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2005]

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"The author surveys the empirical literature on the political economy of agricultural protection. He uses a detailed data set of agricultural Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions over five U.S. congressional election cycles over the 1991-2000 period to investigate the relationship between lobbying spending and agricultural protection. A detailed graphical analysis of campaign contributions by the agricultural PACs indicates that although there are very many PACs, in most sectors the majority of contributions are made by very few PACs. Econometric analysis reveals that lobbying spending by agricultural PACs is positively associated with the use of nontariff barriers and specific tariffs by the United States. There is a strong association between the average U.S. tariff on goods that benefit from U.S. export subsidies and lobbying spending. And there is no association between agricultural protection and trade measures such as import penetration and the export-to-output ratio. "--World Bank web site.

Notes:

Title from PDF file as viewed on 9/20/2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-3722