Labor versus capital in trade-policy: The role of ideology and inequality

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 310-320

  Dutt, Pushan ^a   Mitra, Devashish ^b,c  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology; Inequality; Median voter; Openness; Protection

Indexed keywords

IDEOLOGY; PROTECTIONISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 33744534949     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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