The 9/11 conservative shift

Simone Schüller

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 135, issue C, 80-84

Abstract: This study analyzes the causal impact of the 9/11 terror attacks on individual political orientation and political support intensity using the German Socio-Economic Panel 1999–2003. Exploiting survey interview timing in 2001 for identification and controlling for unobserved individual heterogeneity, I find 9/11 to have increased overall political mobilization. While there is no indication of a considerable switch in support between political blocks, the attacks significantly weakened support intensity among left-wing voters and increased the strength of political support among right-wing voters, indicating a shift in conservative direction.

Keywords: Political orientation; Party support; Terrorism; Causal inference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 D72 H56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.07.031

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