Globalization and populism in Europe
(2021) In Public Choice 189(44198). p.51-70- Abstract
Recent micro-level studies have suggested that globalization—in particular, economic globalization and trade with China—breeds political polarization and populism. This study examines whether or not those results generalize by examining the country-level association between vote shares for European populist parties and economic globalization. Using data on vote shares for 267 right-wing and left-wing populist parties in 33 European countries during 1980–2017, and globalization data from the KOF institute, we find no evidence of a positive association between (economic or other types of) globalization and populism. EU membership is associated with a 4–6-percentage-point larger vote share for right-wing populist parties.
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- Bergh, Andreas LU and Kärnä, Anders
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Globalization, Populism, Trade
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- Public Choice
- volume
- 189
- issue
- 44198
- pages
- 51 - 70
- publisher
- Springer
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- scopus:85096346061
- ISSN
- 0048-5829
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11127-020-00857-8
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- English
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- yes
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- a4c90c21-335c-4166-b26d-ecc7e1649588
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