The Us Export-Import Bank: A Review of the Debate Over Reauthorization

Rugy, Veronique de; O'Sullivan, Andrea

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“…An example from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's How They Voted index in 2012 illustrates the potential inconsistencies. The Chamber's 2012 vote index for the U.S. Senate includes roll‐call vote #95, to reauthorize the Export–Import Bank, which has been identified by fiscal conservatives as a “protectionist agency that provides political privileges to well‐connected firms at the expense of all other citizens” (de Rugy and Castillo , 4).…”

Section: Congressional Economic Freedom Vote Index Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Voter Preferences, Institutions, and Economic Freedom

Crowley

Dove

Sutter

2016

Contemporary Economic Policy

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The enormous impact that economic freedom can have on economic outcomes makes an understanding of the factors or forces affecting its level paramount. To what extent do citizen preferences regarding the role of government in the economy drive the level of or changes in economic freedom? We explore this question using a new index of voting in the U.S. Congress constructed consistent with the Fraser Institute indices of economic freedom. We use voting on national legislation to examine state‐level economic freedom to clearly separate the measurement of preferences from policies that at least partly reflect these preferences. We find that Congressional votes, both from the House and Senate, are related to increases in state economic freedom, and that the result is generally statistically and economically significant, and robust to inclusion of a variety of socioeconomic control variables. (JEL D72, H10, H50)

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Section: Congressional Economic Freedom Vote Index Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%