Conconi, Paola; Facchini, Giovanni; Zanardi, Maurizio - In: Journal of International Economics 94 (2014) 1, pp. 102-118
This paper shows that electoral incentives deter politicians from supporting trade liberalization. We focus on all major trade liberalization bills introduced since the early 1970s in the U.S. Congress, in which House and Senate members serve respectively two- and six-year terms and one third of...