The WTO and the political economy of trade policy Recommended readings (Machine generated): Harry G. Johnson (1953 54) Optimum Tariffs and Retaliation Review of Economic Studies 21 (2) 142 53 Richard E. Caves (1976) Economic Models of Political Choice: Canadas Tariff Structure Canadian Journal of Economics IX (2) May 278 300 William A. Brock and Stephen P. Magee (1978) The Economics of Special Interest Politics: The Case of the Tariff American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 68 (2) May 246 50 Arye L. Hillman (1982) Declining Industries and Political Support Protectionist Motives American Economic Review 72 (5) December 1180 87 Wolfgang Mayer (1984) Endogenous Tariff Formation American Economic Review 74 (5) December 970 85 James H. Cassing and Arye L. Hillman (1986) Shifting Comparative Advantage and Senescent Industry Collapse American Economic Review 76 (3) June 516 23 Jonathan Eaton and Gene M. Grossman (1986) Optimal Trade and Industrial Policy Under Oligopoly Quarterly Journal of Economics 101 (2) May 383 406 Arye L. Hillman and Heinrich W. Ursprung (1988) Domestic Politics Foreign Interests and International Trade Policy American Economic Review 78 (4) September 729 45 Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman (1994) Protection for Sale American Economic Review 84 (4) September 833 50 James H. Cassing (1996) Protectionist Mutual Funds European Journal of Political Economy 12 (1) April 1 18 Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Giovanni Maggi (1999) Protection for Sale: An Empirical Investigation American Economic Review 89 (5) December 1135 55 JoAnne Feeney and Arye L. Hillman (2004) Trade Liberalization Through Asset Markets Journal of International Economics 64 151 67 Wilfred J. Ethier (2006) Selling Protection for Sale  Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics 13 153 62 Wolfgang Mayer (1981) Theoretical Considerations on Negotiated Tariff Adjustments Oxford Economic Papers New Series 33 (1) March 135 53 Avinash Dixit (1987) Strategic Aspects of Trade Policy in Truman F. Bewley (ed) (ed.) Advances in Economic Theory: Fifth World Congress Chapter 9 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 329 62 Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman (1995) Trade Wars and Trade Talks Journal of Political Economy 103 (4) August 675 708 Arye L. Hillman and Peter Moser (1996) Trade Liberalization as Politically Optimal Exchange of Market Access in Matthew B. Canzoneri (ed) Wilfred J. Ethier (ed) and Vittorio Grilli (ed) (eds) The New Transatlantic Economy Chapter 10 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 295 312 Giovanni Maggi and Andrés Rodríguez Clare (1998) The Value of Trade Agreements in the Presence of Political Pressures Journal of Political Economy 106 (3) June 574 601 Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger (1999) An Economic Theory of GATT American Economic Review 89 (1) March 215 48 This indispensable volume brings together the key contributions to the academic literature on the subject of the political economy of trade policy. Topics covered include unilateral and multilateral trade policies international trade agreements and administered protection. In their comprehensive introduction the editors present an insightful discussion of the political economy approach the development of multilateral trade agreements the trade and internal motives that guide unilateral trade policy and the features that characterise unilateralism. This volume is essential for professors researchers and policymakers concerned with international trade policy Wilfred J. Ethier (2004) Political Externalities Nondiscrimination and a Multilateral World Review of International Economics 12 (3) 303 20 Warren F. Schwartz and Alan O. Sykes (1996) Toward a Positive Theory of the Most Favored Nation Obligation and Its Exceptions in the WTO GATT System International Review of Law and Economics 16 (1) March 27 51 Henrik Horn and Petros C. Mavroidis (2001) Economic and Legal Aspects of the Most Favored Nation Clause European Journal of Political Economy 17 233 79 J.M. Finger H. Keith Hall and Douglas R. Nelson (1982) The Political Economy of Administered Protection American Economic Review 72 (3) June 452 66 Robert W. Staiger and Guido Tabellini (1987) Discretionary Trade Policy and Excessive Protection American Economic Review 77 (5) December 823 37 Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger (1990) A Theory of Managed Trade American Economic Review 80 (4) September 779 95 Wilfred J. Ethier (1991) The Economics and Political Economy of Managed Trade in Arye L. Hillman (ed) (ed.) Markets and Politicians: Politicized Economic Choice Chapter 14 Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers 283 306 Steven Berry James Levinsohn and Ariel Pakes (1999) Voluntary Export Restraints on Automobiles: Evaluating a Trade Policy American Economic Review 89 (3) June 400 430 Wilfred J. Ethier (2002) Unilateralism in a Multilateral World Economic Journal 112 (479) April 266 92