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The EC and Protectionism: The Political Economy

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posted on 2023-06-08, 06:11 authored by L. Alan WintersL. Alan Winters
This paper surveys the arguments that the creation of the EC has increased world protectionism relative to what it would otherwise have been. Models of tariff bargaining between trade blocks suggest some increase, because the optimum tariff is higher for larger blocks, but this is not inevitable. Models of EC decision-taking suggest an increase because of the restaurant-bill problem and the tendency of committees towards universalism. The evidence is not enough, however, to be certain that a protectionist effect exists.

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  • Published

Journal

European Economic Review

ISSN

0014-2921

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

3-4

Volume

38

Page range

596-603

Pages

8.0

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  • Economics Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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