It's the Exporters, Stupid! Reciprocity, Local Interests and the Political Economy of Trade

• In Event: The Politics of Trade and Financial Policies

Brief Overview

We develop and structurally estimate a political economy model of trade policymaking in the US with decentralized decision-makers bargaining over protection for local interests in the shadow of international trade agreements.

Authors

• Kishore Gawande, Texas A & M University-College Station

• Pablo Martin Pinto, University of Houston

• Santiago M Pinto, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond