Our paper shows that individual preferences for open-market policies are mainly shaped by trust in institutions and not economic self-interest. On the basis of the Eurobarometer, a comprehensive semiannual survey that monitors public opinion in EU Member States, we exploit data on attitudes...

The main purpose of this study is to determine the impact of RTAs (Regional Trade Agreement) on the trade relation between the member and the non member countries of the agreement and also to determine the winners and losers in this relatively new form of trade. In order to establish this impact...