@article{oai:niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00027177, author = {Takeshi, Yamazaki}, journal = {新潟大学経済論集, 新潟大学経済論集}, month = {Sep}, note = {This paper presents a simple two-stage lobbying competition model of tariff determination. In the first stage, domestic firms lobby for tariff protection, an anti-tariff group of domestic consumers or foreign firms lobbies against tariff protection and then the government sets a specific tariff rate. In the second stage, given the tariff rate determined in the first stage, domestic and foreign firms set their output level à la Cournot. This paper will show in the lobbying competition model with a specific functional form that the equilibrium tariff rate can be a non-monotone function of the number of agents in an interest group.}, pages = {53--73}, title = {Group-Size Effects on the Endogenous Tariff in a Lobbying Competition Model}, volume = {93}, year = {2012} }