Entry and asymmetric lobbying: Why governments pick losers

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1064-1093

  Baldwin, Richard E ^a,b   Robert Nicoud, Frédéric ^b,c  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

^b NBER ^*

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35148827550     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2007.5.5.1064     Document Type: Article

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