Global Economic Shocks, Local Institutions, and Political Responsiveness

• In Event: Politics of Trade Shocks

Brief Overview

How do elected representatives respond to international economic shocks that hurt their constituents? Using fine-grained data from the US Congress, we test the novel hypothesis that local institutions condition political responses to global markets.

Authors

• Michael Becher, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse

• Irene Menendez, University of Mannheim

• Daniel Stegmueller, Duke University