Global economic shocks, local economic institutions, and legislative responses

• In Event: Populism and the Backlash Against Globalization

Brief Overview

Leveraging two instrumental variables and using a semi-parametric IV approach for identification, we show that import competition from China impacts legislative votes on compensatory and trade policies by weakening local unions.

Authors

• Michael Becher, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse

• Daniel Stegmueller, Duke University