Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/219144 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8326
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the Gilets jaunes movement, which blocked most of France off in November 2018. We first analyze the complementarity/substitutability between the different forms of mobilization and find that blockades were planned online and later reinforced online activism. Second, we do textual analysis and show that online discussions evolved from local concerns to widespread critique. Finally, while the Gilets jaunes refused to designate candidates for the subsequent European elections, we ask whether the movement had electoral consequences nonetheless. We show that blockades boosted the performance of the government's party in its bastions, except when they nurtured further online dissent.
Subjects: 
gilets jaunes
yellow vests
protests
social media
spatial inequalities
JEL: 
F15
J40
J60
J80
C83
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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