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标题：Rent-Seeking, Trade Policy and Economic Welfare
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作者：Fernando Antônio Ribeiro Soares ; Tito Belchior Silva Moreira
期刊名称：Modern Economy
印刷版ISSN：2152-7245
电子版ISSN：2152-7261
出版年度：2011
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：31-38
DOI：10.4236/me.2011.21005
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：The objective of this paper is to assess the impacts that rent-seeking arising from government intervention in international trade has on welfare. More specifically, the focus is on how the granting of special import re- gimes promotes rent-seeking practices, which have negative effects on welfare. We present two concepts of nominal protection: legal tariffs and the actual import tariffs. In addition, we construct three measures of welfare: from the legal tariff; from the actual import tariffs; and from the actual import tariffs when rent-seeking is present. Finally, we compare the various measures of protection in terms of their impact on welfare. The results show that trade policies based on exceptions - such as those establishing the special im- port regimes - tends to decrease welfare.
关键词：Legal Tariffs; Actual Import Tariffs; Welfare; Rent-Seeking