Can Foreign Lobbying Enhance Development? The Case of Tourism in the Caribbean

There exist legal channels for informational lobbying of U.S. policymakers by foreign principals. Foreign governments and private sector principals frequently and intensively use this institutional channel to lobby on trade and tourism issues. The authors empirically study whether such lobbying effectively achieves its goal of trade promotion in the context of Caribbean tourism and it is the first paper to examine the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. They use panel data to explore and quantify the association between foreign lobbying by Caribbean principals and U.S. tourist arrivals to Caribbean destinations. A variety of sensitivity analyses support the finding of a strong association. The policy implications are obvious and potentially important for developing countries.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Gawande, Kishore, Maloney, William, Montes Rojas, Gabriel V.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-07
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE, BILATERAL TRADE, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL CITY, CD, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, DEMAND CURVE, DEMAND CURVES, DESTINATION COUNTRIES, DESTINATION COUNTRY, DESTINATIONS, ECONOMICS LITERATURE, ELASTICITY, ELECTIONS, EXPANSION OF TOURISM, EXPORTS, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FLOW OF TOURISTS, GDP, HOTEL, HOTEL REGISTRATIONS, HOTELS, INCOME, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INELASTIC DEMAND, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LATIN AMERICAN, LEISURE, LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, LOBBYING, MEDIA RELATIONS, MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES, NUMBER OF TOURISTS, OPEN ECONOMY, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES, POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, POLITICIANS, PRICE ELASTICITY, PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND, PRICE TAKERS, PROMOTION OF TOURISM, PROTECTIONISM, REAL INCOME, RESORTS, SCUBA DIVING, SOUTH AMERICAN, TOURISM, TOURISM BOARDS, TOURISM DEMAND, TOURISM INDUSTRY, TOURISM ISSUES, TOURISM ORGANIZATION, TOURISM PROMOTION, TOURISM RESEARCH, TOURISM SECTOR, TOURISM TRADE, TOURIST, TOURIST ARRIVALS, TOURIST DEMAND, TOURIST DESTINATION, TOURIST DESTINATIONS, TOURIST VISITS, TOURISTS, TRADE POLICY, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, VACATION, WORLD TOURISM, WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/07/7848102/can-foreign-lobbying-enhance-development-case-tourism-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7460
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