Populism

Immigration, Public Housing and Support for the French National Front

In Europe, urban peripheries that host public housing estates are often inhabited by a diverse population, including many migrants. In those places, far-right parties enjoy growing electoral support. This paper asks, Can expansionary public housing …

Intertemporal evidence on the strategy of populism in the United States

Do candidates use populism to maximize the impact of political campaigns? We show that candidates strategically adapt when campaigning in stiffly competitive districts with high levels of economic insecurity.

Anti Immigration Vote in the City Center

The urban rural divide in voting for anti immigration parties is one of the most striking patterns in contemporary Western democracies. Why are cities different? In large cities, segregation reduces the probability of contact between immigrants and …

Collective Emotions and Protest Vote

We propose and test a novel behavioral theory of protest vote, that combines insights from social psychology to understand the role of collective emotions in generating protest.