Free-Trade Agreements in a Model of Trade, Migration and Politics
John Douglas Wilson , Ilkay Yilmaz
Front. Econ. China ›› 2018, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1) : 15 -31.
Free-Trade Agreements in a Model of Trade, Migration and Politics
This paper uses a probabilistic voting model to investigate voting for a free-trade agreement between a labor-abundant country and a capital-abundant country. Migration from the labor-abundant country to the capital-abundant country increases the probability of a free-trade agreement, with lower migration costs leading to more migration and a higher free-trade probability. On the other hand, if a lower probability of free trade is caused by an increased voter bias against free-trade candidates, then there is less migration. A dynamic extension of the model is also investigated.
free trade / migration / Heckscher-Ohlin / labor-abundant / capital- abundant
Higher Education Press
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