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外文文献翻译 原文及译文 标题： Trade policy preferences and factor abundance 作者:Ina JNkel, Marcel Smolka 期干Ll： Journal of Intemational Economics, 第 106 卷，1-19 页 年份：2017 字数：译文5300多字 原文 Trade policy preferences and factor abundance Ina Jakel, Marcel Smolka Abstract This paper provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of public opinion towards free trade, investigating cleavages both between and within countries? We study the distributional effects of trade policy in a neoclassical Heckscher-Ohlin economy with not just two, but many input factors in production. We demonstrate that the factor price changes induced by trade policy are negatively associated with the factor content of free trade (and therefore factor abundance). Using large-scale international survey data, we test whether these predicted distributional effects are reflected in the trade policy preferences of workers with different labor market skills. In order to isolate the effects of factor abundance from other skill-related confounding factors, we employ a within-skill-group estimator that exploits the cross-country variation in factor abundance? In line with theory, the data show that individuals whose skills are in more abundant domestic supply have significantly more positive attitudes towards trade. Keywords: Trade policy preferences, Neoclassical trade theory, Survey data Introduction Public opinion towards free trade is strongly divided between countries? In Eastern European countries such as Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia, the share of people supporting free trade was less than 15% in 2003? In Western European countries such as Denmark, the Netherlands or Switzerland, this share was more than 35%; see Fig. 1. People in some countries thus appear to be more positive about free trade than people in other countries. Public opinion is also divided within countries. In Germany, for example, long celebrated as the world champion of exports, only 15% of skilled agricultural workers were supporting free trade in 20