POLI 441 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Web Search Engine, World Trade Organization, Mecha
22 Oct 2018
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Web search engine data rep of domestic actor prefs and info searching, info is costly to search for. If there are many searches for info on violations then it would seem they do, thus implying the audience costs: purpose of institutions (insts) is to provide info about violations. Traditionally other cooperating countries are audience, but recently domestic audience thought important. Voters lose by protection and will punish protectionist measure of giving into interest groups. Centralization of info, wto is majority of dispute filings, less need to consider other forums. Trade allows one to separate normative and material objections which would be impractical for the others: wto is decentralized enforcement mech, provides info about possible violations through. Trade policy reviews, and lays out commitments and obligations. Costs in filing make it more common for filings to be actually legitimate, complaints made public. Pro- complainant bias in litigation, most cases settled before verdict reached.
