MIGRATING EXTREMISTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ochsner, Christian; Roesel, Felix
• 署名单位: Czech Academy of Sciences; Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Charles University Prague; Czech Academy of Sciences; Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Technische Universitat Dresden
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaa017
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 1135-1172
• 关键词: regression discontinuity designs; radical right; party; origins; culture; immigration; CORRUPTION; DEMOCRACY; mobility; regions

摘要

We show that migrating extremists can shape political equilibria in the long run. Regions in Austria that witnessed an influx of Nazis fleeing the Soviets after WWII still have significantly higher far-right vote shares today. Institutions and family ties perpetuate persistence. Migrated Nazi elites founded and penetrated local party branches that cultivate and preserve far-right ideologies, even when outside conditions temporarily change. Phonebook entries from 1942 allow tracing current far-right partymembership back to past migration. Our results suggest that controlling migrating extremists is crucial to contain the spread of radical movements.