Globalization and Political Structure

Gancia, Gino; Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M.; Ventura, Jaume

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“…The unequal distribution of income and heterogeneous preferences in large jurisdictional units provide an additional rationale in favor of its fragmentation. Separation is expected to bring tax and spending policy closer to the median voter of the newly created, more homogeneous state (Alesina and Spolaore 1997; Gancia, Ponzetto, and Ventura 2018).…”

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“…In recent decades, referenda of independence have also reached advanced economies: First Quebec in 1980 and 1995, then Scotland in 2014. Far from exceptional, demands for self‐determination are expected to proliferate because international economic integration reduces the relevance of country size (Alesina and Spolaore 1997; Gancia, Ponzetto, and Ventura 2018).…”

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The Divide Over Independence: Explaining Preferences for Secession in an Advanced Open Economy

Hierro

Queralt

2020

American J Political Sci

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Anticipated trade, insurance, and fiscal shocks from independence structure preferences for secession independently from nonmaterial considerations. To test this claim, we draw from an original survey conducted in Catalonia before the 2017 regional election, which followed a suspended declaration of independence. Trade shocks produce differential effects depending on market specialization: Respondents working in sectors and at firms specializing in the host state market disproportionately oppose secession, whereas those specializing in foreign markets show no aversion to independence. Exclusion from public insurance strengthens preference for secession among the long‐term unemployed. Support for secession also increases with skill levels but not because of expected postindependence factor returns. The skilled population shows a better understanding of the institutional design of interterritorial redistribution. In a context of autonomy retraction, this group is more skeptical of the accommodation of regional demands within the union. Overall, we advance an individual‐level materialistic approach to the study of secession.

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The Divide Over Independence: Explaining Preferences for Secession in an Advanced Open Economy

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Queralt

2020

American J Political Sci

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“…However, membership in the EU alters the trade-off because free trade reduces the benefits of size by making it possible for a small country to enjoy access to a larger market than its own and enjoy economic integration without political integration. 8 Gancia et al (2016) argue that the political response to globalization in recent decades is to remove borders by creating economic unions, leading to a reduction in country size.…”

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On the causes of Brexit

Arnórsson

Zoëga

2018

European Journal of Political Economy

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We analyse the voting pattern in the June 23 rd referendum on the continued participation of the United Kingdom in the European Union and evaluate the reasons for the results. We find that output, education and the share of older people at the regional level can explain attitudes towards immigrants and the European Union. Thus, regions where GDP per capita is low, a high proportion of people has low education, a high proportion is over the age of 65 and there is strong net immigration are more likely to be apprehensive of the European Union, be suspicious of immigrants and not want them as neighbours and, most importantly, to vote for Brexit. The fear of immigration does not seem to be fully justified in terms of the literature on the labour market effects of immigrants in the UK. Using the British Election Study we find similar results. Thus negative attitudes towards immigration and EU enlargement are correlated with voting for Brexit using data on individuals.

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“…To interpret Equation (24), recall that prices are low in the industries that o¤er many varieties at a low price per variety. Global industries o¤er many varieties at a uniform average price.…”

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A Theory of Economic Unions

Gancia¹,

Ponzetto²,

Ventura³

2019

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After decades of successful growth, economic unions have recently become the focus of heightened political controversy. We argue that this is partly due to the growth of trade between countries that are increasingly dissimilar. We develop a theoretical framework to study the effects on trade, income distribution and welfare of economic unions that differ in size and scope. Our model shows that political support for international unions can grow with their breadth and depth as long as member countries are sufficiently similar. However, differences in economic size and factor endowments can trigger disagreement over the value of unions between and within countries. The model is consistent with some salient features of the process of European integration and statistical evidence from survey data.

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Globalization and Political Structure

Cited by 8 publications

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The Divide Over Independence: Explaining Preferences for Secession in an Advanced Open Economy

The Divide Over Independence: Explaining Preferences for Secession in an Advanced Open Economy

On the causes of Brexit

A Theory of Economic Unions

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