Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/216402 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13090
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
There is surprisingly little evidence on how terror attacks impact elections. With only a few exceptions, previous studies in this literature have focused on a particular country or attack, limiting their generalizability. Ours is the first comprehensive, multi-country examination of the effects of terror attacks on political opinions and election outcomes. The results provide little evidence that terror attacks are systematically related to Europeans' attitudes towards immigrants and how much trust they have in government. International terror attacks are, however, associated with an increase in the vote share received by nationalistic parties in Europe. These results are relevant to the ongoing debate among academics over the effectiveness of terror attacks.
Subjects: 
terrorism
elections
nationalism
terror attack
JEL: 
D72
D74
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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