Massive Migration and Elections: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Greece

Chrysovalantis Vasilakis

doi:10.1111/imig.12409

Massive Migration and Elections: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Greece

Chrysovalantis Vasilakis

The Albert Gubay Business School

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This article explores whether the massive arrival of refugees at Greek islands has had an impact on natives’ voting behaviour. Our results show a positive and significant effect of refugees’ presence on votes for the Greek extreme-right party Golden Dawn. More precisely, we find that a 1 per cent increase in the share of refugees is associated with an increase of 5 per cent in the share of votes for Golden Dawn. This outcome is robust under different estimation methodologies and placebo regressions

Original language	English
Journal	International Migration
Volume	56
Issue number	3
Early online date	21 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12409
Publication status	Published - Jun 2018

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