A Swing-State Theorem, with Evidence: Ma, McLaren, and Chalak.

Replication files for "A Swing-State Theorem, with Evidence," by Xiangjun Ma, John McLaren, and Karim Chalak.

The paper uses data on US trade, tariffs, production structure, and state political outcomes to test the hypothesis that US tariffs are set in such a way as to place extra social-welfare weight on people who live in swing states. A full description is in the paper, forthcoming in the Journal of International Economics. The working paper is:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4848976

Full instructions for replication are in the Readme file.

马向军、约翰·麦克拉伦（John McLaren）与卡里姆·查拉克（Karim Chalak）合著论文《摇摆州定理及实证证据》（A Swing-State Theorem, with Evidence）的复现文件。该论文利用美国贸易、关税、生产结构以及各州政治选举结果数据，检验了如下假说：美国关税的制定方式会为居住在摇摆州（swing states）的群体赋予额外的社会福利权重。本文的完整说明收录于即将发表于《国际经济学杂志》（Journal of International Economics）的正式论文中。该论文的工作论文版本链接为：https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4848976。完整的复现操作说明已收录于Readme文件中。