Institutional Quality and Geography of Discontent in the EU
Burhan Can Karahasan,
Mehmet Pinar
Abstract:There has been a significant rise in anti‐establishment votes in the European Union (EU). The decline in socio‐economic outcomes and migration played an important role in understanding the rising discontent. However, none of the existing studies analysed the effect of socio‐economic factors in different institutional settings. Our findings confirm that institutional quality is of paramount importance in explaining the recent rise in populism in the EU, as institutionally developed EU regions are less opposed t… Show more
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