Electoral systems and international trade policy
General Economics
2020-03-13 v1 Theoretical Economics
Economics
Abstract
We develop a simple theoretic game a model to analyze the relationship between electoral sys tems and governments' choice in trade policies. We show that existence of international pressure or foreign lobby changes a government's final decision on trade policy, and trade policy in countries with proportional electoral system is more protectionist than in countries with majoritarian electoral system. Moreover, lobbies pay more to affect the trade policy outcomes in countries with proportional representation systems.
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@article{arxiv.2003.05725,
title = {Electoral systems and international trade policy},
author = {Serkan Kucuksenel and Osman Gulseven},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.05725},
year = {2020}
}
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5 pages