Authors
Alan de Bromhead, Barry Eichengreen, Kevin H. O’Rourke
Publication date
2013
Journal
Journal of Economic History
Volume
72
Issue
2
Pages
371-406
Description
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 growth at the time of the election, but cumulative growth performance. The impact was greatest in countries with relatively short histories of democracy, with electoral systems that created low hurdles to parliamentary representation, and which had been on the losing side in World War I.
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Scholar articles
A De Bromhead, B Eichengreen, KH O'Rourke - The Journal of Economic History, 2013
A De Bromhead, B Eichengreen, KH O'Rourke - 2012
K O'Rourke, A de Bromhead, B Eichengreen - 2012