TY - JOUR

T1 - Massive Migration and Elections

T2 - Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Greece

AU - Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis

PY - 2018/6

Y1 - 2018/6

N2 - 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

AB - 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

U2 - 10.1111/imig.12409

DO - 10.1111/imig.12409

M3 - Article

VL - 56

JO - International Migration

JF - International Migration

SN - 0020-7985

IS - 3

ER -