Why does globalization fuel populism? Economics, culture, and the rise of right-wing populism

D Rodrik - Annual Review of Economics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
There is compelling evidence that globalization shocks, often working through culture and
identity, have played an important role in driving up support for populist movements …

More than words: Leaders' speech and risky behavior during a pandemic

N Ajzenman, T Cavalcanti, D Da Mata - American Economic Journal …, 2023 - aeaweb.org
This paper investigates whether the anti-scientific rhetoric of modern populists can induce
followers to engage in risky behavior. We gather electoral information, credit card expenses …

Trade-related food policies in a more volatile climate and trade environment

K Anderson - Food Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Providing affordable access to enough healthy and safe food for an ever-more-affluent and
growing world population has become more challenging in the face of climate change, rising …

Populist leaders and the economy

M Funke, M Schularick, C Trebesch - American Economic Review, 2023 - aeaweb.org
Populism at the country level is at an all-time high, with more than 25 percent of nations
currently governed by populists. How do economies perform under populist leaders? We …

Individual vulnerability to industrial robot adoption increases support for the radical right

M Anelli, I Colantone, P Stanig - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The increasing success of populist and radical-right parties is one of the most remarkable
developments in the politics of advanced democracies. We investigate the impact of …

Identity, beliefs, and political conflict

G Bonomi, N Gennaioli… - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present a theory of identity politics that builds on two ideas. First, when policy conflict
renders a certain social divide—economic or cultural—salient, a voter identifies with her …

3g internet and confidence in government

S Guriev, N Melnikov… - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
How does mobile broadband internet affect approval of government? Using Gallup World
Poll surveys of 840,537 individuals from 2,232 subnational regions in 116 countries from …

The political effects of immigration: Culture or economics?

A Alesina, M Tabellini - Journal of Economic Literature, 2024 - pubs.aeaweb.org
We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss
the effects of immigration on a wide range of political and social outcomes. The existing …

The backlash of globalization

I Colantone, G Ottaviano, P Stanig - Handbook of international economics, 2022 - Elsevier
We review the literature on the globalization backlash, seen as the political shift of voters
and parties in a protectionist and isolationist direction, with substantive implications on …

Misspecified politics and the recurrence of populism

G Levy, R Razin, A Young - American Economic Review, 2022 - aeaweb.org
We develop a dynamic model of political competition between two groups that differ in their
subjective model of the data generating process for a common outcome. One group has a …