The loser's long curse: electoral consequences of a class conflict

Jaakko Meriläinen () and Matti Mitrunen

No wp-2022-163, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper presents evidence of political legacies of exposure to a violent class conflict over 100 years. We revisit the Finnish Civil War of 1918 and first trace out the impact of local conflict exposure on electoral outcomes over a quarter-century period between the World Wars. The electoral performance of left-wing parties that backed the insurgents was persistently and negatively affected by civil war casualties on both sides of the conflict.

Keywords: Civil conflict; Class; Elections; Politics; Conflict; War (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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