Big government sentiment and support for protectionism in East Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6298604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wen-Chin Wu (0000-0002-3229-4619, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-89 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192512116682359 |
| OpenAlex | W2686046667 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 33 |
While previous studies find that individual preferences for trade policies are shaped by economic and non-economic factors, it is still unclear whether people’s perception of their government’s role in citizens’ lives affects their attitudes toward free trade. In view of the “developmental state” legacy in East Asia, I investigate how the “big government sentiment” in East Asians’ mindset is associated with their support for protectionism. Based on the data of the third-wave Asian Barometer Survey conducted during 2010 and 2012, I find that when people think that government should bear a major responsibility for the wellbeing of its people, they are more supportive of protectionist policies. This finding contributes to studies of East Asian political economy as well as the formation of individual trade policy preference
Development economics · East Asia · Economics · Government (linguistics · International trade · Mindset · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Protectionism · Public opinion · State (computer science · Global trade and economics · International Development and Aid · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Experience and Discussion
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Public Opinion on Geopolitics and Trade
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Economic inequality, distributive unfairness, and regime support in East Asia
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Gains and losses under economic reform
Crony Capitalism
Miti and the Japanese Miracle
Africa Development Indicators 2012/2013
What determines individual trade-policy preferences?
Protection and Real Wages
Why are some people (and countries) more protectionist than others?
The Determinants of Individual Trade Policy Preferences
Political Ideology and Endogenous Trade Policy
The developmental state in the era of globalization
Why Do More Open Economies Have Bigger Governments
How Legislators Respond to Localized Economic Shocks
Dispositional Sources of Economic Protectionism
Introduction to Ideas of Asian Regionalism
Social Psychology and Public Support for Trade Liberalization
Explaining Citizen Support for Trade Liberalization
Partisanship, Trade Policy, and Globalization
Why the Move to Free Trade? Democracy and Trade Policy in the Developing Countries
Government Spending and Public Support for Trade in the OECD
Explaining Mass Support for Agricultural Protectionism
Support for Free Trade
Learning to Love Globalization
Trade, Democracy, and the Size of the Public Sector
Explaining the salience of left–right ideology in postindustrial democracies
The Logic of the Developmental State
Modeling Multilevel Data Structures
Governing the Market
The Adaptive Developmental State in East Asia
International regimes, transactions, and change
Commerce, Coalitions, and Factor Mobility
Multilevel Modelling of Country Effects
| Citations per year | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |