Impact of governance on populist rhetoric

IF 2.8 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Economic Systems Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ecosys.2024.101246

Fabian Reck , Jarko Fidrmuc , Frédéric Gruninger

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Abstract

The phenomenon of populism is widespread in the 21st century. In this paper, we analyze the correlation between the World Bank’s six worldwide governance indicators and populism, which is proxied by the populist rhetoric of government representatives. The panel data includes 40 developing and developed countries and covers the period from 2000 to 2018. The results suggest that good governance may help to reduce populist rhetoric. However, we show that a certain threshold of governance quality must be met to mitigate populist rhetoric. Refugee immigration and one-party dominance, on the other hand, increase populist rhetoric. Despite frequent claims, we do not find robust evidence that merchandise trade or a high unemployment rate strengthens populism.

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治理对民粹主义言论的影响

民粹主义现象在21世纪普遍存在。本文分析了以政府代表民粹主义言论为代表的民粹主义与世界银行六大全球治理指标之间的关系。该面板数据包括40个发展中国家和发达国家，涵盖时间为2000年至2018年。结果表明，良好的治理可能有助于减少民粹主义的言论。然而，我们表明，必须达到一定的治理质量门槛，以减轻民粹主义的言论。另一方面，难民移民和一党专政加剧了民粹主义言论。尽管经常有这样的说法，但我们没有发现强有力的证据表明商品贸易或高失业率会加强民粹主义。

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Economic Systems ECONOMICS-

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4.90

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48 days

期刊介绍： Economic Systems is a refereed journal for the analysis of causes and consequences of the significant institutional variety prevailing among developed, developing, and emerging economies, as well as attempts at and proposals for their reform. The journal is open to micro and macro contributions, theoretical as well as empirical, the latter to analyze related topics against the background of country or region-specific experiences. In this respect, Economic Systems retains its long standing interest in the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe and other former transition economies, but also encourages contributions that cover any part of the world, including Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, or Africa.