Massive Migration and Elections: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Greece
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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 |
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| Journal | International Migration |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 21 Nov 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
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