Politicians frequently issue public threats to manipulate tariffs but only sometimes follow
through. This behavior theoretically ought to generate audience costs. We therefore test the …

We investigate whether and how evidence-based information—a concise statement of a
research finding—can shape preferences for trade policies. Across survey experiments …

This article leverages individual-level panel data on nationalist attitudes to contribute to the
debate on the (economic) roots of popular opposition to globalization. We propose a …

We provide the first large-scale, global evidence on the impact of the skill composition of
trade on political approval. We show that political implications of trade shocks depend on the …

What is the nature of the distributional effects of trade? This paper demonstrates
conceptually and empirically the importance of “trade-induced horizontal inequality,” ie …

This paper examines general support for trade at the individual level, measures its sensitivity
to pro-and anti-trade framing, and relates these effects to how framing affects specific beliefs …

We use the 2003 and 2013 waves of the International Survey Program (ISSP) in order to
explore the change in people's attitudes that may be behind the recent backlash against …

This paper analyses the determinants of people's attitudes towards foreign direct investment
(FDI) using a survey‐based data set that covers a wide range of rich and poor countries. We …

Abstract The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) generated an
unprecedented public contestation across Europe. In this paper, we focus on the sources of …

This study examines the determinants of trade policy preferences, using individual-level
data of Japan. We focus on the role of regional factors, considering the fact that there is a …