German voters in the 2019 European election showed remarkable regional differences in their voting behavior. The Green …

deal with the endogeneity of voter turnout by using election day rain as an instrumental variable. Our particular …

the endogenous variables; the federal election trend is treated as predetermined. Our results suggest that shocks in …

In this contribution, the political success of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in the German federal election of … significantly better election results for the AfD. …

reliable indications of the occurrence of welfare-chauvinistic effects that led to the success of the AfD in the 2017 election. …

an event-study approach which links election information shocks provided by official results of state-level elections in … conducted closely around state elections, we show that individual exposure to positive election information shocks significantly …

German state elections. We define election information shocks as deviations of actual AfD vote shares from pre-election polls …

district for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the major anti-immigrant party in the 2017 German parliamentary election … natives due to fiercer competition for jobs, housing and public goods. Notably, the vote distribution in the 2017 election … election results and district-specific features to study a potentially causal effect. As the share of foreigners in a district …

Deutschland (AfD), the major anti-immigrant party in the 2017 German parliamentary election. The classic theory on the political … jobs, housing and public goods. Notably, the vote distribution in the 2017 election suggests that AfD vote shares are … higher in districts with fewer foreign inhabitants. We exploit administrative data on election results and district …