I’m happy to see that my paper with Hirofumi Kawaguchi titled “Geographic divides in protectionism: the social context approach with evidence from Japan” has been published online in the Review of International Political Economy!
Using the case of Japan, we show evidence that interpersonal commutation and mass media coverage affect people’s preferences toward international trade. Please take a look if you’re interested!
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09692290.2023.2243958