Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307177 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17353
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate the local effects of trade exposure and immigration on voting behavior in France from 1988 to 2022. We use the content of each candidate's manifesto to construct an anti-globalization voting index for each French presidential election. This index shows a significant increase in the anti-globalization positions of candidates, and a growing anti-globalization vote beyond the far right. We show that increasing local exposure to import competition and immigration increases anti-globalization votes, while increasing export exposure reduces them. We also find that imports have different effects depending on the products imported. While exposure to imports of final goods increases anti-globalization voting, exposure to imports of intermediate goods reduces it.
Subjects: 
voting
trade
immigration
political economy
JEL: 
D72
F6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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