Right Wing Political Extremism in the Great Depression.
We examine the impact of the Great Depression on the share of votes for right-wing anti-system parties 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 n...
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| Format: | Working paper |
| Language: | English |
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Nuffield College (University of Oxford)
2012
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