We study democratization, coups and trade policy determination in an environment marked by intra-elite conflict over … trade policy by taking a simple general equilibrium model of an open economy and combining it with the Acemoglu … trade policy and the political regime. Introducing a politically determined trade policy not only affects the equilibrium …

determination of a country's political regime, trade policy and income-tax-based redistribution scheme. Three socioeconomic groups … are involved: two elite groups and workers, whose preferences regarding trade policy and income taxation are derived from … cleavage, while trade policy opens the door to intra-elite conflict. In this model, when there is no intra-elite conflict …

determination of a country's political regime, trade policy and income-tax-based redistribution scheme. Three socioeconomic groups … are involved: two elite groups and workers, whose preferences regarding trade policy and income taxation are derived from … cleavage, while trade policy opens the door to intra-elite conflict. In this model, when there is no intra-elite conflict …

determination of a country’s political regime, trade policy and income-tax-based redistribution scheme. Three socioeconomic groups … are involved: two elite groups and workers, whose preferences regarding trade policy and income taxation are derived from … cleavage, while trade policy opens the door to intra-elite conflict. In this model, when there is no intra-elite conflict …

adherence is systematically higher along the pre-Islamic trade routes. We discuss the possible mechanisms that may give rise to … and proximity to lucrative trade routes. We argue that these elements exacerbated inequalities across diverse tribal … societies producing a conflictual environment that had the potential to disrupt trade flows. Any credible movement attempting to …

Even if free trade creates net welfare gains for a country as a whole, the associated distributional implications can … undermine the political viability of free trade. We show that trade-related redistribution increases the political viability of … free trade in the US. We do so by assessing the causal effect of expected redistribution associated with the US Trade …