Congressional Voting Patterns on NAFTA
- 1 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Vol. 55 (4) , 395-409
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1536-7150.1996.tb02637.x
Abstract
Abstract.On December 8, 1993 President Bill Clinton signed into law theNorth American Free Trade Agreementand in doing so he brought to a close the lengthypolitical processthat produced thetradeagreement. This paper combines information for individuallegislatorswith state‐level economic data to conduct an empirical analysis of the House andSenatevoting patterns onNAFTA.Results from the logit model estimation confirm that expected job gains/losses, the presence of organized labor and political ideology (as represented by political party) were significant predictors of a legislator's vote on NAFTA. In addition, the expected impact of NAFTA on theenvironmentwas found to be somewhat important in explaining Congressional voting patterns for a free trade agreement withMexico.Keywords
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