Revisiting the evidence on trade policy preferences

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Blonigen, Bruce A.
• 署名单位: University of Oregon; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2011.05.010
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 129-135
• 关键词: Trade protection; education; skill; political economy

摘要

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, the 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. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.