Political Extremism in the 1920s and 1930s: Do German Lessons Generalize?
We examine the impact of the Great Depression on the share of votes for right-wing extremists in elections in the 1920s and 1930s. We confirm the existence of a link between political extremism and economic hard times as captured by growth or contraction of the economy. What mattered was not simply...
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Cambridge University Press
2013
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