Research Article

Explaining Protectionism Support: The Role of Economic Factors

Table 6

Trade policy impact on individual opinion towards protectionism.

6.1—overall trade restrictiveness index and market access index6.2—model 6.1 plus OTRI instrumented6.3—overall trade restrictiveness index considering country size and market access index6.4—overall trade restrictiveness index and market access index considering country size

Probability55.08%55.85%55.08%55.05%
EDUYRS−0.020***−0.020***−0.020***−0.020***
(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)
LOTRI0.4471.349**
(0.341)(0.646)
LMAOTRI0.975***17.505***0.677*
(0.166)(4.542)(0.395)
LOTRI instrumented33.145***
(9.534)
LOTRI small −0.113
(0.108)
LOTRI large −0.802
(0.655)
LMAOTRI small1.285**
(0.682)
LMAOTRI large1.164
(0.860)
Observations18905189051890518905
Pseudo -squared0.080.080.080.08

*Significant at 10%; **significant at 5%; ***significant at 1%. Source: see Table 2.
All models include the same set of control variables not included in Table 3 (female, age, age2, upper class, lincome, attend religion, chauvinism, pride).