The Political Consequences of External Economic Shocks: Evidence from Poland

We argue that those materially exposed to the shock will display systematic differences in #policypreferences and voting behavior compared to the unexposed, and political parties can exploit these circumstances.

@michaelxpettis @AnneMuntean A long-festering problem that never went away. This was a major issue in the 2015 election: https://t.co/WFNT1zAtSK

@michaelxpettis Here is a great paper on the political conseqences of this: https://t.co/8ljHtAXmxx

RT @mcopelov: This is not so say the other factors also don’t matter. Of course they do. People & politics are multidimensional. We know ab…