Immigration is one of the most divisive political issues in many countries today. Competing narratives, circulated via …

Immigration policies in western democracies have often been contrary to the policies predicted by the mainstream theory … of international economics. In particular, political parties that, according to economic theory, should adopt policies …. We identify a political principal-agent problem based on ego-rents from political office. Our theory predicts voter …

therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations …

several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right candidates in …Immigration has become one of the most divisive political issues in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and … immigration flows by past settlement patterns in 1968. We find that immigration increases support for far-right candidates and has …

migrants from more distant cultures, or if incoming migrants are similarly educated. Our main results hold when we focus on …

Immigration is one of the most divisive political issues in many countries today. Competing narratives, circulated via …

aspects, this paper examines the impact of the refugee crisis − which culminated in the EU in 2015/16 − on changes in voting …

aspects, this paper examines the impact of the refugee crisis − which culminated in the EU in 2015/16 − on changes in voting …