Revisiting the Evidence on Trade Policy Preferences
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Date
2010-11
Authors
Blonigen, Bruce A.
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Publisher
University of Oregon, Dept of Economics
Abstract
Past literature has found evidence that labor market attributes affect individuals’ trade
policy preferences in a manner consistent with theories of international trade. This paper
shows that, with the exception of education, these relationships between labor market
attributes and trade policy preferences are not robust in US survey data. This suggests
that either our proxies of labor market attributes are poor or our theories for what drives
trade policy preferences need to be revisited.
Description
22 p.
Keywords
Trade protection, Skill, Political economy