Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1. Ideas, Institutions, and the Politics of Protectionism -- 2. Generation and Selection: Antebellum Ideas, Politics, and the Tariff -- 3. Institutionalization: Putting Protectionism in Place, 187o-1930 -- 4. Reforming Institutions: The...

This paper investigates the historical impact of party and constituency preferences on tariff votes from the U.S. Senate over the period 1883 to 1930. We find that the estimated effect of party grows during periods in which legislative institutions favored strong parties. We conclude that party...