ver; The Political Economy of Protection; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Series; Introduction: The Efficiency of Free Trade and the Prevalence of Protection; 1. Identifying the Gainers and Losers of Protection; 2. Political Self-Interest Motives and Protection; 3. Protection under Direct Democracy; 4. Protection under Representative Democracy; 5. Shadow Prices of Factors and the Social Cost of Lobbying; 6. The Resource Cost of Political Contestability; 7. Political Choice of the Means of Protection. 8. Foreign Interests: The Role for Voluntary Export Restraints9. Trade Policy as Social Insurance; 10. The Institutional Setting; 11. Evidence; 12. Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index.