An empirical analysis of trade-related redistribution and the political viability of free trade
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- 作者：James Lakea ; jlake@smu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Daniel L. Millimeta ; b ; 1 ; millimet@smu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：F13 ; H50 ; J65
- 刊名：Journal of International Economics
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：99
- 期：Complete
- 页码：156-178
- 全文大小：899 K
文摘
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We examine voting behavior on 11 US Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) since 1998.
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Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) generosity affects Congressional voting behavior.
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More generous TAA increases representative propensity to vote in favor of FTAs.
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Nine of eleven FTAs in our sample would have still passed in the absence of TAA.
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However, TAA is more influential in situations where one would expect.