The Mediterranean Refugees Crisis and Extreme Right Parties: Evidence from Greece

Petros Sekeris and Chrysovalantis Vasilakis

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Abstract: This paper exploits the effect of massive refugees flows to the Greek islands on natives' political attitudes. Our results show a significant effect of refugees' presence on xenophobia. This outcome is robust under FE estimates and IV strategies. Furthermore the particular context of our study and the timing of the elections allow us to dismiss anti-immigration votes being casted for different motives than purely xenophobic reactions.

Keywords: Immigration; refugee crisis; voting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-06-27
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