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A Riches To Rags Story

Determinants of Legislator Voting on Textile and Apparel Trade Legislation. A Riches To Rags Story. Jan M. Hathcote Nipoli Kamdar Kathleen Rees Jorge G. Gonzalez. Recent U.S. Textile and Apparel Legislation. Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985

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A Riches To Rags Story

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  1. Determinants of Legislator Voting on Textile and Apparel Trade Legislation A Riches To Rags Story Jan M. Hathcote Nipoli Kamdar Kathleen Rees Jorge G. Gonzalez

  2. Recent U.S. Textile and Apparel Legislation • Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985 • Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 • Textile, Apparel & Footwear Act of 1990 • North American Free Trade Agreement (1993) • Trade and Development Act of 2000 (AGOA)

  3. Public Choice Model

  4. Independent Variables • Campaign contributions • Labor PAC / total campaign expenditures • Ideology • Chamber of commerce rating • Constituents’ interests • Household income • Textile and apparel / GSP • Blue collar employment / total employment • Manufacturing employment / total employment

  5. Table 1. Results of Probit Analysis of all Textile Bills

  6. Table 2. Results of Probit Analysis of Textile-Specific Bills

  7. Table 3. Results of Probit Analysis of General Trade Bills

  8. Table 2. Results of Probit Analysis of Textile-Specific Bills

  9. Table 2. Results of Probit Analysis of Textile-Specific BillsTable 3. Results of Probit Analysis of General Trade Bills

  10. Table 2. Results of Probit Analysis of Textile-Specific BillsTable 3. Results of Probit Analysis of General Trade Bills

  11. Table 2. Results of Probit Analysis of Textile-Specific BillsTable 3. Results of Probit Analysis of General Trade Bills

  12. Table 2. Results of Probit Analysis of Textile-Specific BillsTable 3. Results of Probit Analysis of General Trade Bills

  13. Conclusions • Public choice model works well • All variables work as expected • More room for shirking on general bills • Work ahead: contributions and ideology endogeneity

  14. Determinants of Legislator Voting on Textile and Apparel Trade Legislation A Riches To Rags Story www.trinity.edu/jgonzal1 jorge.gonzalez@trinity.edu

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