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The price and welfare consequences of the British Sugar Act of 1846 (ICPSR 210541)

Released/updated on: 2024-11-08
Geographic coverage: United Kingdom
Time period: 1840-01-01--1853-12-31
This is a replication kit for the paper "The price and welfare consequences of the British Sugar Act of 1846", as published in the Journal of Economic History.
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The Last Free Traders? Interwar Trade Policy in the Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies (ICPSR 195482)

Released/updated on: 2023-12-01
Geographic coverage: The Netherlands, Indonesia
Time period: 1924-01-01--1938-12-31
There has still been too little detailed work on the protectionism that emerged in the wake of the Great Depression. In this paper we explore the experiences of two countries that have been largely neglected in the literature, the Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies (NEI). How did these traditionally free-trading economies respond to the Depression? We construct a detailed product-level database of tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade based on primary sources. While ad valorem tariff increases in the Netherlands were largely due to deflation, the country protected agriculture and textiles in a number of ways. Once quotas are taken into account, trade restrictiveness indices suggest that protection in the Netherlands and NEI was comparable to protection in the UK and India respectively. The NEI quota system was largely geared to protecting Dutch exporters, and succeeded in doing so, but the reverse was not true.
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Recovery from financial crises in peripheral economies, 1870-1913 (ICPSR 120244)

Released/updated on: 2020-07-11
Time period: 1870-01-01--1913-12-31
These files are the replication files for "Recovery from financial crises in peripheral economies, 1870-1913" by Peter H. Bent. Abstract: What drives recoveries after financial crises? I address this question for the 1870-1913 "first era of globalization," focusing on whether trade policy changes or positive movements in commodity prices played a bigger role in stimulating output growth after financial crises in peripheral economies. At this time — before governments had modern fiscal and monetary policy tools to use while responding to crises — protectionism was one of the few national-level policy options available for shaping economic activity. Improving terms of trade is another major factor that could influence output growth in the commodity-exporting countries included in this analysis. While previous studies of this period have looked at longer-run associations between these explanatory variables and economic growth, I focus on the aftermath of crises, and find that tariff rate increases had a positive impact on GDP per capita growth, while positive terms of trade changes did not have a significant effect on output growth. This suggests that governments played a substantial role in shaping post-crisis recoveries during this period. 
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Eurobarometer 75.1: Energy in the European Union, Citizens' Rights, E-Communications, the Internal Market, and Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, February-March 2011 (ICPSR 34266)

Released/updated on: 2013-08-29
Geographic coverage: Cyprus, Portugal, Global, Malta, Greece, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Latvia, Luxembourg, Ireland, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, France, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, Hungary, Europe, United Kingdom, Spain, Czech Republic, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Estonia
Time period: 2011-02-09--2011-03-08

The Eurobarometer series is a unique cross-national and cross-temporal survey program conducted on behalf of the European Commission. These surveys regularly monitor public opinion in the European Union (EU) member countries and consist of standard modules and special topic modules. The standard modules address attitudes towards European unification, institutions and policies, measurements for general socio-political orientations, as well as respondent and household demographics. The special topic modules address such topics as agriculture, education, natural environment and resources, public health, public safety and crime, and science and technology.

This round of Eurobarometer surveys covers the following special topics: (1) energy in the EU, (2) citizens' rights, (3) e-communications, (4) the internal market, and (5) carbon dioxide capture and storage. Information was collected on potential policies and ways to reduce energy consumption, the performance of EU administration, opinions about citizens' most important rights, and report access, use, and providers of various technology and media, including the Internet. Additional information includes respondents' views on employment across EU countries, counterfeiting and piracy, the handling of carbon dioxide, and effects on climate change.

Demographic and other background information collected includes age, gender, nationality, marital status and parental relations, left-right political self-placement, occupation, age when stopped full-time education, household composition, ownership of a fixed or a mobile telephone and other durable goods, difficulties in paying bills, level in society, and Internet use. In addition, country-specific data includes type and size of locality, region of residence, and language of interview (select countries).

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CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, July 1995 (ICPSR 2077)

Released/updated on: 2011-01-05
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1995-07-01--1995-07-31
This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked to give their opinion of Bill Clinton and his handling of his job as president and to comment on the relationship between the United States and Japan with an emphasis on a possible trade war and tariffs. Respondents were asked to forecast the greatest economic power in the future and to identify the United States' most important partner in the past and future 50 years. Other topics examined in detail included the television and movie rating systems, the role of sex and violence in popular culture, and the government's role in regulating movies and television programs. Those queried also answered questions on Whitewater and on the fear of terrorism in the United States. Background information on respondents includes voter registration status, political party, political orientation, education, age, sex, race, and family income.
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CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, June 1995 (ICPSR 2075)

Released/updated on: 2009-09-25
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1995-06-01--1995-06-30
This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents' opinions of President Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, and Newt Gingrich were elicited, along with assessments of Clinton's handling of his job as president, foreign policy, the economy, the situation in Bosnia, and United States trade relationships with Japan. The role of the United Nations was examined in detail, with specific questions on the situation in Bosnia. Other topics included commercial airline safety, tariffs, the criminal justice system, the O.J. Simpson trials, and the quality of American versus Japanese automobiles. Background information on respondents includes voter registration status, political party, political orientation, education, age, sex, race, and family income.
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Public Opinion and Foreign Policy in the United States, China, India, Australia, and South Korea, 2006 (ICPSR 4650)

Released/updated on: 2008-07-18
Geographic coverage: South Korea, United States, China (Peoples Republic), Australia, Global, India
Time period: 2006-01-01--2006-12-31

The Chicago Council undertakes a large-scale public opinion study every two years that compares American and international public opinion on a wide range of important international issues. A significant part of each biennial survey is additionally dedicated to examining a timely theme. The theme of the 2006 survey was, "The Rise of China and India."

This data collection presents a unique comparison of international attitudes on how the emergence of China and India as economic dynamos and claimants to great power status will affect the global economy, international security, and politics. Moreover, this study sought to assess American public opinion (Part 1, Public Opinion Survey, United States) on a variety of challenges facing the United States today including international terrorism, nuclear proliferation, conflict in the Middle East, the rising economic and political power of Asia, economic competition from abroad, and threats to energy supplies and the environment. This data collection also provides an understanding of how the Chinese (Part 2, Public Opinion Survey, China) and Indian (Part 3, Public Opinion Survey, India) publics view their nations' international challenges and opportunities and their respective roles as emerging great powers. Parallel surveys were also conducted in Australia (Part 4, Public Opinion Survey, Australia) in conjunction with the Lowy Institute for International Policy, and in South Korea (Part 5, Public Opinion Survey, South Korea) in conjunction with the East Asia Institute.

Demographic variables include race, age, gender, religious affiliation, highest level of education, and political identification.

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