Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/183411 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1182
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
We build a public finance model that explains why voters vote for right-wing populists, and also under which conditions established politicians will adopt a right-wing populist policy platform. Voters with lower private income have a stronger demand for basic public services at the expense of spending on a global good; generosity of refugee support systems, foreign aid, and environmental protection. Low income voters are thus more prone to support right-wing populists who oppose spending on such global goods. We conclude that established politicians that are challenged by right-wing populists will implement a policy with no global good spending if the relative cost of the global good is high enough. Additionally, adoption of right-wing populist policy is more likely when the economy is in a recession.
Subjects: 
Right-wing populism
Agency
Immigration
JEL: 
D72
H39
D70
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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