%0 Journal Article
%T Political Contributions for Trade Policy and National Public Finance
%A Katsuzo Yamamoto
%J The International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance
%D 2008
%I Asian Network for Scientific Information
%X This study explores the relation between economic openness and government spending through a political contribution approach. This conclusion is that there exists a positive correlation between the degree of trade liberalization in organized industries and the government size, whereas a negative correlation in unorganized industries. In addition, we show that it is more difficult for the countries where a large part of industries are organized to carry out trade liberalization, as the share of national income accruing to the organized sectors decreases.
%K Lobbying
%K tariff setting
%K government spending
%K income taxation
%U http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/ansinet/ijaef/2008/70-83.pdf