trade taxes and cuts to government investment, with no significant cuts in government consumption. Using a new dataset on …

This paper studies the relationship between trade policy and food prices. We show that, when individuals are loss … averse, governments may use trade policy to shield the domestic economy from large food price shocks. This creates a … complementarity between the price of food in international markets and trade policy. Specifically, unilateral actions give rise to a …

This paper analyzes the extent to which the degree of international economic integration, both financial and trade …; trade integration is inversely correlated with tax rates; and public sentiment and ideology affect tax rates. The policy …

factor in a healthy liberal democracy. We ask two questions: 1) do individuals who are members of civil associations vote … important caveat that membership in trade unions has unclear effects …