Economic Crisis and Growth in Vote Share for Extreme Left and Extreme Right Parties

Economic hardship fuels worries about a possible higher share of extremist parties in European legislature and executive. The article examines whether the recent economic recession resulted in growth in electoral support for the extreme right and the extreme left in parliamentary elections. The empi...

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Main Author: Doležalová Jitka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-09-01
Series:Review of Economic Perspectives
Subjects:
o40
e52
p16
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/revecp-2015-0020