Семинар "Политическая экономика": Krzysztof Krakowski (Collegio Carlo Alberto & University of Turin) о политических последствиях насилия в отношении политиков.

На семинаре "Политическая экономика" Krzysztof Krakowski (Collegio Carlo Alberto & University of Turin) рассказал о том, влияет ли насилие в отношении политиков на поддержку партии жертвы.

Тема: Violence Against Politicians, Negative Campaigning, and Public Opinion: Evidence from Poland

Аннотация:

It is commonly viewed that violence against politicians increases support for the victim’s party. We revisit this conjecture drawing on evidence from an assassination of an opposition politician in Poland. First, we analyze engagement with Twitter content posted by opposition and government politicians using a difference-in-differences framework. Second, we use a public opinion survey collected in the days around the attack, and compare party preferences of respondents interviewed just before and respondents interviewed just after the attack. Our results reveal decreased support for the victim’s (opposition) party relative to support for the government. To explain this finding, we show that the opposition antagonized the public by engaging in negative campaigning against the government over their politician’s assassination. Content analysis of tweets and news media confirms that citizens punished the opposition for their negative campaigning after the violence. Tentative evidence suggests that these effects could have had long-run political consequences.

Совместный научный семинар "Политическая экономика" с Лабораторией исследования социальных отношений и многообразия общества РЭШ (ЛИСОМО РЭШ) и Международным центром изучения институтов и развития НИУ ВШЭ (МЦИИР ВШЭ) состоялся 26 января 2021 г.

Руководитель семинара: А.В. Захаров (НИУ ВШЭ), К.И. Сонин (НИУ ВШЭ, University of Chicago)