From Rhetoric to Reality: How Ideology, History and Geography shape Populism's Economic Footprint

Piergiuseppe Fortunato, Tanmay Singh and Marco Pecoraro

No 24-02, IRENE Working Papers from IRENE Institute of Economic Research

Abstract: We examine the policy changes enacted by populist leaders after coming into power in different historical and geographical contexts. We employ the dataset developed by Funke et al. (2023), based on Cas Mudde's minimalist definition of populism, and expand it to several additional policy dimensions. We find that populist governance is rather heterogeneous both in terms of policy instruments and outcomes, and that it varies depending on historical context, geography, and ideology. We conclude that we should contemplate a more nuanced definition of populism for a better understanding of the phenomenon.

Keywords: Populism; Public expenditure; Corruption. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D60 E60 N10 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages.
Date: 2024-03
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