Mansfield and Mutz - support for free trade: self interest, sociotropic politics, and out-group anxiety

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What is the main argument?

  • american’s opinions on free trade are primarily driven by their general views about the nation and their feelings toward “outsiders” rather than by how trade specifically impacts their own jobs or income.

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What is the factor endowments (Heckscher-Ohlin) Model?

  • attitudes based on people’s skills (highly skilled workers support free trade, low-skilled workers oppose it)

  • little support

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What is the Specific factors (Ricardo-Viner) model?

  • model suggests that attitudes are based on the industry where a person works (workers in export industries support free trade, while those in import-competing industries oppose it

  • little support

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What did their study find?

  • sociotropic politics - people based their trade views on their perceptions of how the entire US economy is affected by trade, not just themselves

  • out-group anxiety - attitudes toward trade are guided by a person’s psychological worldview, including their feelings toward foreigners and people of different ethnic groups

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how does education factor in?

  • isolationism and ethnocentrism are strongly linked to hostility toward free trade

  • education decreases these by creating a more cosmopolitan (global and inclusive) worldview