The Political Legacy of Nazi Annexation

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cannella, Mario; Makarin, Alexey; Pique, Ricardo
• 署名单位: European Central Bank; Bank of Italy; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); University of Pennsylvania
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueae009
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 1721-1759
• 关键词: conflict evidence; state repression; civil-war; VIOLENCE; NATIONALISM; OCCUPATION; resistance; IDENTITY; support; trust

摘要

We explore the legacy of foreign state repression by using the case of the de facto annexed Nazi operational zones in Italy and a spatial regression discontinuity design. We show that the operational zones experienced harsher political persecution and violence. After the war, these exhibited greater support for radical opposition at the expense of the moderate ruling party. Consistent with a mechanism of greater distrust in the government, formerly annexed areas are more likely to vote against laws suppressing dissent and report lower political trust. These results suggest that repressive annexation, even if temporary, has enduring political and social consequences.