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Scared by Foreigners and their Products? Survey Evidence from France


Olivier Cadot


University of Lausanne - School of Economics and Business Administration (HEC-Lausanne); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Pierre-Yves Geoffard


Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) - Department and Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Economics (DELTA); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann


L'Ecole Normale Superieure - INRA-LEA, DELTA

Thierry Verdier


Paris School of Economics (PSE); Delta - Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
March 2006

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5544

Abstract:     
The paper studies attitudes toward immigration and trade using an opinion survey of two thousand French individuals. We find that, beyond usual Stolper-Samuelson effects (skilled individuals are more pro-free trade than others, as in other countries) attitudes toward trade and immigration are correlated and both are ideologically loaded. Right-wing affiliation is robustly associated with protectionism. Moreover, right-wing protectionism concerns not just agriculture but appears to be a broader attitude. It may help explain the predominantly anti-trade rhetoric of France's right-wing governments, although outsiders would expect them to pursue more pro-market and pro-free trade policies than left-wing ones.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 26

Keywords: Protectionism, trade, migration, political economy, France

JEL Classification: F1, F22

working papers series


Date posted: June 26, 2006  

Suggested Citation

Cadot, Olivier, Geoffard, Pierre-Yves, Suwa-Eisenmann, Akiko and Verdier, Thierry, Scared by Foreigners and their Products? Survey Evidence from France (March 2006). CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5544. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=910209

Contact Information

Olivier Cadot (Contact Author)
University of Lausanne - School of Economics and Business Administration (HEC-Lausanne) ( email )
Lausanne, 1018
Switzerland
+41 21 692 3463 (Phone)
+41 21 692 3495 (Fax)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
77 Bastwick Street
London, EC1V 3PZ
United Kingdom
Pierre-Yves Geoffard
Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) - Department and Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Economics (DELTA) ( email )
48 boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris
France
+33 1 4313 6319 (Phone)
+33 1 4313 6310 (Fax)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
77 Bastwick Street
London, EC1V 3PZ
United Kingdom
Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann
L'Ecole Normale Superieure - INRA-LEA, DELTA ( email )
48 boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris
France
+33 1 4313 6325 (Phone)
+33 1 4313 6362 (Fax)
Thierry Verdier
Paris School of Economics (PSE) ( email )
48 Boulevard Jourdan
Paris, 75014
France
Delta - Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) ( email )
48, Boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris
France
+33 1 4313 6308 (Phone)
+33 1 4313 6310 (Fax)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
77 Bastwick Street
London, EC1V 3PZ
United Kingdom
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