Abstract There has been a lively debate about the economic and cultural-based drivers of support for populism. This article argues that concerns matter, but they are realized through relative gains losses social groups. Using new survey items in large representative administered Britain, it shows citizens' assessments ethnic minority out-group – relation to group's situation 12 months ago condi...

Abstract When do people care about relative gains in trade? Much of the international relations scholarship—and much political rhetoric on trade—would lead us to expect support for a trade policy that benefits ourselves more than it others. Yet, large interdisciplinary literature also points prevalence and importance other-regarding preferences, rendering conventional wisdom contestable. We inv...

A new representation of the generalized relative dynamic gains (GRDG) for input-output pairing of two input-two output (TITO) processes is proposed. This new tool permits a determination of the best specifications for each closed-loop in order to minimize the interaction between the loops when using decentralized control. An application of the new GRDG representation is used to clearly show tha...