Browsing MIT Open Access Articles by Subject "search frictions"
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: A "New" Perspective on Protectionism
(MIT Press, 2009-08)This paper analyzes the determinants of protectionism in a small open economy with search frictions. In this environment, jobs generate rents whose access depends on the level of trade protection. By raising the domestic ...