America’s recent turn toward protectionism has raised concerns about the future viability of the liberal international trading system. This study examines how and why public attitudes toward international trade change when one’s country is targeted by protectionist measures from abroad. To...

This paper examines why some policymakers willingly adopt financial policies that increase the risk of a currency crisis, and what types of political institutions encourage them to do so. We hypothesize that the risk of currency crisis is lower in regimes where rulers are insulated from...