Globaliation, Trade and Populism in Germany. Analyzing The Effects Of Trade Exposure On Voting Behavior In The 2013 And 2017 German Federal Elections

Putzhammer, Fritz (2017) Globaliation, Trade and Populism in Germany. Analyzing The Effects Of Trade Exposure On Voting Behavior In The 2013 And 2017 German Federal Elections. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

The author of this paper worked as a freelance project manager for the Global Economic Dynamics team between 2015 and 2018. The paper was originally written as the author’s Master Thesis in obtaining his degree in International Affairs from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin in June 2018. As such, the paper follows a different internal structure and style than other GED studies and focus papers. The original format of the paper also means that the empirical work and statistical analysis presented were necessarily limited in scope and depth. As such, the paper and its findings should be understood as a careful first exploration of the effects of trade exposure on voting behavior in Germany throughout the last elections, rather than a definitive and final statement on this empirical relationship. The paper opens the door to and invites further academic research and writing on this thematic to strengthen the claim for causality of its analysis.

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