TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mayda,Anna Maria
AU  - O'Rourke,Kevin H.
AU  - Sinnott,Richard
TI  - Risk, Government and Globalization: International Survey Evidence
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13037
PY  - 2007
Y2  - April 2007
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13037
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13037.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Anna Maria Mayda
Dept. of Economics, ICC 552
Georgetown University
37th and O Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20057
Tel: 202 687 6712
E-Mail: amm223@georgetown.edu

Kevin H. O'Rourke
All Souls College
Oxford University
Oxford OX1 4AL, UK
Tel: + 44 (0)1865 279 348
Fax: 353-1-6772503
E-Mail: kevin.orourke@all-souls.ox.ac.uk

Richard Sinnott
UCD School of Politics and International Relations
Newman Building, University College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4, IRELAND
E-Mail: richard.sinnott@ucd.ie
AB  - This paper uses international survey data to document two stylized facts. First, risk aversion is associated with anti-trade attitudes. Second, this effect is smaller in countries with greater levels of government expenditure. The paper thus provides evidence for the microeconomic underpinnings of the argument associated with Ruggie (1982), Rodrik (1998) and others that government spending can bolster support for globalization by reducing the risk associated with it in the minds of voters.
ER  -