Che, Yi; Lu, Yi; Pierce, Justin R.; Schott, Peter K.; … - 2016 - This draft: April 2016
This paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on U.S. Congressional elections. We find that U.S. counties subject to greater competition from China via a change in U.S. trade policy exhibit relative increases in turnout, the share of votes cast for Democrats and the probability that the...
