Globalization and populism in Europe

Andreas Bergh and Anders Kärnä ()
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Anders Kärnä: The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

Public Choice, 2021, vol. 189, issue 1, No 4, 70 pages

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Globalization; Populism; Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F68 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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