Endogenous Tariffs in a Common-Agency Model: A New Empirical Approach Applied to India by Cadot, Olivier, Dutoit, Laure, Grether, Jean-Marie, Olarreaga, Marcelo

“…Applied to India, it yields results that are qualitatively consistent with the model's predictions and that seem quantitatively more plausible than estimates given for the US by alternative methods. Our estimates imply that the weight put by the Indian government on contributions by politically organized sectors is a third of the weight it puts on (gross) social welfare, well above existing estimates for the United States.  …”
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