Ali, Omer; Desmet, Klaus; Wacziarg, Romain - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study whether anger fuels the rise of populism. Anger as an emotion tends to act as a call to action against … individuals or groups that are blamed for negative situations, making it conducive to voting for populist politicians. Using a … a more complex sense of malaise and gloom, rather than anger per se, drives the rise in populism …