Pocketbook versus identity? Farmers’ attitudes towards international trade

Viskupič, Filip; Wiltse, Evren Celik; Wiltse, David L.

doi:10.1080/03623319.2022.2082176

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“…We define farmers' attitudes toward the U.S.-China trade dispute as their individual judgment or normative view about the anticipated outcomes of the trade dispute. Farmers may apply a purely economic prism to this issue, leading to concerns about its impact on their pocketbooks, the farm sector, and the national economy (Anderson, 2010;Viskupič et al, 2022). On the other hand, they may see the trade war as the first genuine effort by the U.S. government "to thwart China's [unfair] economic practices and boost the U.S. economy" (Boylan et al, 2021, p. 23).…”

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American Farmers’ Attitudes toward China and the U.S.–China Trade Dispute: A Mediated Relationship

Han,

Rodriguez,

2023

Int. Food Agribus. Manag. Rev.

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The trade dispute between the U.S. and China significantly cut agricultural product sales to a major foreign market and drastically hurt Midwest farmers’ pocketbooks. To explore Midwest farmers’ attitudes toward China and the trade dispute, we surveyed 693 farmers in Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota. We found that farmers’ attitudes toward China were generally unfavourable; farmers were also somewhat pessimistic about the outcome of the trade dispute. Additionally, we found that farmers’ attitudes toward the trade dispute were driven by their disposition toward China, the information they obtained from interpersonal and media sources, the perceived credibility of media sources, their propensity to take on risks, income, and years of farming. Farmers’ attitudes toward China, on the other hand, were influenced by the degree to which they saw information sources as credible. We also found that farmers’ attitudes toward China played a mediating effect in the positive impact of media credibility on farmers’ attitudes toward the trade dispute.

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Section: Literature Review Conceptual Framework and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

American Farmers’ Attitudes toward China and the U.S.–China Trade Dispute: A Mediated Relationship

Han,

Rodriguez,

2023

Int. Food Agribus. Manag. Rev.

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“…The results demonstrate that the polarizing effects of trade policies may be due to partisan bias in perceptions. Second, this paper contributes to the literature on the general determinants of trade policy preference (Blonigen, 2011) and specifically farmers' preference for protectionism (Viskupič et al, 2022). We provide evidence that partisan bias affects individuals' perceptions of policy impacts.…”

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Farmers' reactions to the US–China trade war: Perceptions versus behaviors

Zhang

et al. 2023

J of Agr & App Econ Assoc

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This study examines how the political alignments of Midwestern farmers, proxied by their consumption of partisan media, affect their perceptions of and responses to the US–China trade war. Our results indicate that farmers who consume conservative media perceive a lower income loss resulting from the trade war and view the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) as more helpful. Conversely, farmers who consume liberal media have the opposite perception biases. We found no evidence of any association between partisan media consumption and planting and risk management decisions. Overall, partisan bias exists despite financial interest at stake but does not affect behaviors.

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