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Voting from abroad : assessing the impact of local turnout on migrants' voting behavior

Dev, Divya; Poblete-Cazenave, Rubén; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2021

Over 150 countries allow expatriate citizens to vote in their country of origin. Yet, little is known about their voting behavior and how this is affected by host countries. Using unique micro-data on Chilean expatriates living in Europe, we study how the host country's turnout affects...

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"The mother of all political problems"? : On asylum seekers and elections in Germany

Tomberg, Lukas; Smith Stegen, Karen; Vance, Colin - 2019

Drawing on panel data from six elections between 1998 and 2017 in Germany, we estimate the causal effect of immigration – described by Germany’s interior minister as the "mother of all political problems" – on electoral support for the far right and the far left. Our identification...

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"The mother of all political problems"? : on asylum seekers and elections

Tomberg, Lukas; Smith Stegen, Karen; Vance, Colin - 2020

As immigration to Europe has increased, so has support for extremist parties. While many studies have examined the effect of immigration on election outcomes, few have probed the effect of asylum seekers – those fleeing strife and persecution – on voting, nor has there been much research on...

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The impact of welfare chauvinism on the results of right-wing populist voting in Germany after the refugee crisis

Bartholomae, Florian W.; Nam, Chang-woon; Rafih, Pierre - 2020

Based on an extended welfare chauvinism concept that more systematically integrates the labor market and public finance aspects, this paper examines the impact of the refugee crisis − which culminated in the EU in 2015/16 − on changes in voting behavior in Germany (revealed in the two German...

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Massive Migration and Elections : Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Greece

Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis - 2018

This paper explores whether the massive arrival of refugees at Greek islands has had an impact on natives' voting … behavior. Our results show a positive and significant effect of refugees' presence on votes for the Greek extreme right party … Golden Dawn. More precisely, we find that a 1% increase in the share of refugees is associated with an increase of 5% in the …

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Superstars in politics: the role of the media in the rise and success of Junichiro Koizumi

Yamamura, Eiji; Sabatini, Fabio - 2014

This paper explores the role of mass media in people’s perceptions of charismatic leaders, focusing on the case of Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. Using survey data collected immediately after Koizumi’s 2005 landslide electoral victory, this study empirically...

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Preaching to the future : religious schools, youth organizations, and the rise of political Islam in Türkiye

Benzer, Tolga; Tukiainen, Janne - 2025

We examine whether anti-establishment outsider movements can leverage education and youth mobilization to build long-run political power. We study the expansion of state-run religious secondary schools in 1970s Türkiye and show that access to these schools catalyzed the emergence of Islamist...

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Losses in Fiji's 2018 National Elections

Tarai, Jope - 2023

Fiji’s 2018 National Elections was narrowly won by the FijiFirst Party (FFP), which formed government with twenty seven seats in Fiji’s fifty one seat parliament. On the other side, Fiji’s opposition was formed by the Social Liberal Democratic Party (SODELPA) and National Federation Party...

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German right-wing party AfD finds more support in rural areas with aging populations

Franz, Christian; Fratzscher, Marcel; Kritikos, Alexander - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 7/8, pp. 69-79

Since June 15, 2017, mobile network operators in the European Economic Area may not impose surcharges for making telephone calls, sending text messages, or using data services in other EEA countries. The regulation was designed to create a digital domestic market without adversely affecting...

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Direct elections and trust in state and political institutions : evidence from Indonesia's election reform

Al Izzati, Ridho; Dartanto, Teguh; Suryadarma, Daniel; … - 2024

People's trust in state and political institutions is a key foundation of a well-functioning economy. We estimate the impact of direct elections on people's trust in state and political institutions, using a major political reform in Indonesia as the source of exogenous variation. Prior to 2005,...

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