Variation in Public Opinion on International Trade: A First Look at Cultural Distance

2017 ◽  
pp. 23-50
Author(s):  
Roger White
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Cultural Distance

scholarly journals Cultural distance and international trade in services: A disaggregate view

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 100786
Author(s):  
Philipp Harms ◽  
Daria Shuvalova
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Trade In Services

How Voters Respond to Currency Crises: Evidence From Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 001041402110602
Author(s):  
David A. Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Currency Crises ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Financial Shocks ◽  
The Government ◽  
Original Survey ◽  
And Migration

A burgeoning literature shows that international trade and migration shocks influence individuals’ political attitudes, but relatively little is known about how international financial shocks impact public opinion. This study examines how one prevalent type of international financial shock—currency crises—shapes mass political attitudes. I argue that currency crises reduce average citizens’ support for incumbent governments. I also expect voters’ concerns about their own pocketbooks to influence their response to currency crises. Original survey data from Turkey support these arguments. Exploiting exogenous variation in the currency’s value during the survey window, I show that currency depreciations strongly reduce support for the government. This effect is stronger among individuals that are more negatively affected by depreciation, and it is moderated by individuals’ perceptions of their personal economic situation. This evidence suggests that international financial shocks can strongly influence the opinions of average voters, and it provides further support for pocketbook theories.

The United States in the Global Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-34
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Basic Facts ◽  
Fragmentation Of Production ◽  
The U.S

This chapter sets out basic facts about international trade and the U.S. economy. It describes how world trade has expanded rapidly in the recent decades and explains how the development provides the context in which to consider trade policy. The chapter discusses the reasons for the increase in trade and how trade has changed with the fragmentation of production and the increase in trade of intermediate goods. It talks about the state of public opinion on the question of globalization. It also analyzes protectionist policies that directly harm employment in domestic industries by raising production costs in addition to forcing consumers to pay higher price for the products they buy.

scholarly journals PUBLIC OPINION IN RUSSIA, USA, OTHER COUNTRIES ON RISKS AND BENEFITS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

2019 ◽  
pp. 95-104
Author(s):  
Evgeny V. Emelianov
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Economic Indicators ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Good For ◽  
Business Ties

The paper examines the public’s attitude towards trade with other countries, employing comparative analysis of the polls’ results of the Surveys conducted across 27 countries. The research highlights the attitude of respondents concerning the influence of international trade on the key national economic indicators, whether growing trade and business ties good for their country, how the respondents view the influence of trade with other countries on cutting/creating jobs. InRussiamore respondents consider trade raises than lowering prices. Special attention is paid on how respondents view the influence of trade with other countries on cutting and creating jobs. American respondents twice as likely to respond trade is good for their country as to believe it creates jobs or raises wages. Comparing with previous years polls, the last year poll shows much fewer Americans believe that trade with other countries leads to cutting jobs. While in US more respondents answer that trade leads to creation jobs, inMexicoand some other countries less respondents think so.

Cultural Distance in International Trade: Contributor or Impediment?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 16438
Author(s):  
Mariya A. Bobina ◽  
Mikhail V. Grachev ◽  
Mary Sully De Luque
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Cultural Distance

An Examination of Influences Leading to Americans’ Endorsement of the Policy of Free Trade

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent L. Granzin ◽  
Jeffrey D. Brazell ◽  
John J. Painter
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The North ◽  
Structural Equation Analysis ◽  
Equation Analysis ◽  
The Subject

The authors explore influences on Americans’ endorsement of free trade in general, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in particular. Work in the behavioral sciences suggests the value of using constructs that express the nature of persons’ orientation toward their own and other countries to explain their willingness to endorse these concepts. On this basis, the authors created a model that features paths of influence leading to the two Endorsement constructs. They subjected survey data from 240 respondents to structural equation analysis to test the model. The results, using total effects, show that Endorsement of free trade in general and NAFTA in particular are related negatively to Ethnocentrism, Nationalism, Prejudice, and Image of Mexicans, and positively related to Education. These findings hold implications for policymakers who seek to sway public opinion about international trade; they also suggest implications for further research into the subject.

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