《Terrorism and political attitudes: Evidence from European social surveys》

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作者
Giovanni Peri;Daniel I. Rees;Brock Smith
来源
REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.99,Issue1,P.
语言
英文
关键字
Terrorism;Immigration;Political attitudes
作者单位
Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, USA;NBER, USA;Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain;Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University, USA;Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, USA;NBER, USA;Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain;Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University, USA
摘要
Terror attacks in Europe have increased substantially since the turn of the last century. Using data from European Social Surveys (ESS), we examine their effects on political attitudes and orientation by comparing within-country survey responses shortly before and after terror attacks involving at least one fatality. At the national level, we find little support for the hypothesis that terror attacks influenced attitudes towards immigration or political orientation. By contrast, there is evidence of post-attack increases in satisfaction with the national government and trust in parliament among ESS respondents living in the region that was attacked.