The author surveys the empirical literature on the political economy of agricultural protection. He uses a detailed data set of agricultural Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions over five U.S. congressional election cycles over the 1991-2000 period to investigate the relationship between lobbying spending and agricultural protection. A detailed graphical analysis of campaign contributions by the agricultural PACs indicates that although...
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2005/09/19
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政策研究报告
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WPS3722
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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The structure of lobbying and protection in U.S. agriculture
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Agriculture