The political economy of reshoring: Evidence from the semiconductor industry.

ABSTRACT: States have increasingly taken steps to reshore manufacturing by shifting production back home from abroad. Although the literature on responses to globalization is increasingly robust, scholars tend to focus on the political consequences of economic dislocations, the effectiveness of government policies intended to roll back globalization, and the macroeconomic consequences of such policies. Our research is among the first to study public attitudes toward reshoring, including the basis of support, demographic variation, and sensitivity to factors like consumer prices. We advance hypotheses about the role of national security considerations and economic self-interest in shaping why and under what conditions the public backs incentives and investments that bring manufacturing home. We field

SUBMITTER: Clark R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11828386 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature