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Andreas Bergh. Photo.

Andreas Bergh

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Andreas Bergh. Photo.

Globalization and populism in Europe

Author

  • Andreas Bergh
  • Anders Kärnä

Summary, in English

Recent micro-level studies have suggested that globalization—in particular, economic globalization and trade with China—breeds political polarization and populism. This study examines whether or not those results generalize by examining the country-level association between vote shares for European populist parties and economic globalization. Using data on vote shares for 267 right-wing and left-wing populist parties in 33 European countries during 1980–2017, and globalization data from the KOF institute, we find no evidence of a positive association between (economic or other types of) globalization and populism. EU membership is associated with a 4–6-percentage-point larger vote share for right-wing populist parties.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2021

Language

English

Pages

51-70

Publication/Series

Public Choice

Volume

189

Issue

44198

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Globalization Studies

Keywords

  • Globalization
  • Populism
  • Trade

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0048-5829