Strategic Interdependence in Political Movements and Countermovements

Anselm Hager, Lukas Hensel, Johannes Hermle and Christopher Roth

No 7790, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We study participation in right-wing rallies and counterrallies in Germany to examine strategic interactions in political movements. In the leadup to two right-wing rallies, we exogenously shift potential participants’ beliefs about the turnout at the right-wing rally and left-wing counterrally, and then measure activists’ intentions to protest. For right-wing activists, own participation and participation of peers exhibit strategic substitutability. For left-wing activists, own participation and participation of peers are strategic complements. Both groups do not, however, react to changes in competitor effort. Our evidence highlights substantial heterogeneity in the nature of strategic interactions in political movements.

Keywords: political rallies; field experiment; strategic behavior; beliefs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 D80 P00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cdm, nep-exp and nep-gth
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Working Paper: Strategic Interdependence in Political Movements and Countermovements (2020)
Working Paper: Strategic Interdependence in Political Movements and Countermovements (2020)
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