Electoral rules and free trade agreements as a campaign issue: The case of political disputes over the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Japan

Kagitani, Koichi; Harimaya, Kozo

doi:10.1016/j.japwor.2018.10.004

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“…Their stances on the TPP are also a¤ected by their parties'policies. 8 Naoi and Kume (2011) interviewed 1200 people in Japan about food imports by showing di¤erent photographs. They found that respondents from the viewpoint of producers rather than consumers show increased opposition to food imports.…”

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Individual preferences on trade liberalization: evidence from a Japanese household survey

Felbermayr

Okubo

2021

Rev World Econ

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This paper studies an individual's preference on trade liberalization using a Japanese household survey, the Keio Household Panel Survey. As a result, we show that preferences toward trade liberalization are affected by economic factors (income, gender, family, asset, and job status) as well as non-economic factors (non-cognitive factors and social stance). In addition, regional factors such as food consumption and open-mindedness also matter.

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Individual preferences on trade liberalization: evidence from a Japanese household survey

Felbermayr

Okubo

2021

Rev World Econ

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Constituency systems, election proximity, special interests and a free trade agreement: the case of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Japan

Kagitani

Harimaya

2020

Int Econ Econ Policy

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Happiness before and after an election: An analysis based on a daily survey around Japan’s 2009 election

Kinari

Ohtake

Kimball

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Japan and the World Economy

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This paper investigates whether the Japanese voters became happy and/or unhappy due to the results of the General Election in 2009. We conducted a daily web survey for seven days before and after the election, obtaining 1068 responses. Estimating a fixed effects model, we found that supporters of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the winner, became significantly happier, and supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and New Komeito, the losers, became significantly unhappier on the day following the election. However, happiness returned to the previous level in one or two days, implying people adapted to the news very quickly. Dividing those who support the policies of DPJ into two groups, those who expect material benefits from the victory of DPJ and those who do not, we demonstrated that the reason why the supporters of the winner (DPJ) felt happy was not because they obtained material benefits from the change of government. We also found that the happiness level of those whose expectation of the election results were realized did not change, while that of those whose expectation differed from the reality changed substantially. In a word, only unexpected results matter.

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Electoral rules and free trade agreements as a campaign issue: The case of political disputes over the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Japan

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Individual preferences on trade liberalization: evidence from a Japanese household survey

Individual preferences on trade liberalization: evidence from a Japanese household survey

Constituency systems, election proximity, special interests and a free trade agreement: the case of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Japan

Happiness before and after an election: An analysis based on a daily survey around Japan’s 2009 election

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