This paper shows that import exposure affects voting behavior because it affects local labor markets. We develop a new … data from 1987–2009, we find that import exposure increases the support of nationalist parties and causes labor market … turmoil. The voting response to import exposure can entirely be explained by the labor market adjustments to import exposure …

interest. For example, IV methods have been used to show that import exposure to low-wage countries has adversely affected … Western labor markets. Similarly, they have been used to show that import exposure has increased voter polarization. However … framework, we estimate that labor market adjustments explain most to all of the effect of import exposure on voting, thereby …

This paper shows that import exposure affects voting behavior because it affects local labor markets. We develop a new … data from 1987-2009, we find that import exposure increases the support of nationalist parties and causes labor market … turmoil. The voting response to import exposure can entirely be explained by the labor market adjustments to import exposure …

interest. For example, IV methods have been used to show that import exposure to low-wage countries has adversely affected … Western labor markets. Similarly, they have been used to show that import exposure has increased voter polarization. However … framework, we estimate that labor market adjustments explain most to all of the effect of import exposure on voting, thereby …