We investigate the influence of anti-immigrant parties on foreigners' location choices.
Considering Italian municipal elections from 2000 to 2018, we create a comprehensive …

Exploiting the random allocation of asylum seekers to different locations in Germany, we
study the impact of native attitudes, proxied by voting behaviors, on refugees' integration. We …

In this paper, I investigate whether the election of far-right politicians affects the probability of
hate crimes against immigrants. I exploit a unique dataset on hate crimes, and I focus on …

Verona is known as the touristic city of Romeo and Juliet, but its position as a strategic node
in the rising identitarian movement goes unnoticed to the thousands of tourists visiting the …

Using thirty years of municipal elections in France, we show that election results affect the
share of immigrants across municipalities. In municipalities where a left-instead of right-wing …

Populist parties have gained significant power in European politics in the last decades,
raising concerns about the potentially contagious effect of populism. I study how populist …

The profound divisions that emerged around the UK's decision to leave the European Union
have stimulated a heated debate on whether the referendum, by exposing intolerance and …

Do electoral incentives affect immigration policies? Exploiting the Italian system for refugees'
reception and data from Italian municipalities, we show that proximity to elections reduces …

Exploiting the random allocation of asylum seekers to different locations in Germany, we
study the impact of right-wing voting on refugees' integration. We find that in municipalities …

We examine how populist governments influence political culture and economic outcomes.
Some Austrian communities are governed by far-right populist mayors, directly elected by a …