A Swing-State Theorem, with Evidence: Ma, McLaren, and Chalak.

Description

Replication files for "A Swing-State Theorem, with Evidence," by Xiangjun Ma, John McLaren, and Karim Chalak. The paper uses data on US trade, tariffs, production structure, and state political outcomes to test the hypothesis that US tariffs are set in such a way as to place extra social-welfare weight on people who live in swing states. A full description is in the paper, forthcoming in the Journal of International Economics. The working paper is: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4848976 Full instructions for replication are in the Readme file.

Steps to reproduce

All instructions for replication are in the Readme file.

Institutions

• University of Virginia

  VA, Charlottesville
• Liaoning University

  Liaoning, Shenyang
• The University of Manchester

  Manchester, Manchester

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Funders

• Bankard Fund for Political Economy at the University of Virginia
• U.S. National Science Foundation

  Virginia, United States

  Grant ID: 0418388
• National Social Science Fund of China

  Grant ID: Major Project, Approval Number 23&ZD047
• National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Beijing, China

  Grant ID: KeyProject, Project Number 72533005

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