This article offers a review of the recent empirical literature on lobbying within political
economy. In surveying extant research, we emphasize quid pro quo and informational …

This review identifies empirical facts about lobbying that are generally agreed upon in the
literature. It then discusses challenges to empirical research in lobbying and provides …

This article reviews the theoretical and the empirical literature on regionalism. The formation
of regional trade agreements has been, by far, the most popular form of reciprocal trade …

In this chapter I survey the recent theoretical and empirical advances in the economics of
international trade agreements, focusing on three main topics: the motives for trade …

Using detailed information from lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, we
construct a unique dataset that allows us to identify which firms lobby on Free Trade …

This paper optimises the definition and measurement method of export stability and
analyses the impact of export structure on export stability. The main results show that (1) an …

This chapter investigates the non-market response of firms to international trade shocks
increasing the level of competition in US industries. Lobbying expenditures increase as a …

Research Summary Although there is growing recognition of the importance of nonmarket
strategies in ensuring favorable outcomes for firms, most of the research on corporate …

We study the effects of countries' import composition on multilateral liberalization using a
global tariff database that covers the 2000–2011 period. Employing a theoretically motivated …

In this paper we analyze the effect of the freedom to pursue preferential trade liberalization,
permitted by Article XXIV of the GATT, on country׳ s incentives to participate in multilateral …