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ISSN 1945-7731 (Print) | ISSN 1945-774X (Online)

Terrorism and Voting: The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Germany

  • Navid Sabet
  • Marius Liebald
  • Guido Friebel
蝌蚪网 Journal: Economic Policy (Forthcoming)

Abstract

We document that right-wing terrorism leads to significant increases in the vote share for the right-wing, populist AfD (Alternative fu虉r Deutschland) party in Germany. To identify causal effects, we exploit quasi-random variation between successful and failed attacks across municipalities. Using the SOEP, a longitudinal panel of individuals, we find successful terror leads individuals to prefer the AfD and worry about migration. Political parties鈥攖he AfD in particular鈥攁djust their messaging in election manifestos in response to terror. Overall, and in contrast to previous work, we find terrorism is consequential to the rise of right-wing populism in a Western, multi-party democratic system.

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