The effect of economic globalization on voting on the left-right spectrum: how changes in commodity prices influenced voting behavior in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election.

• In Event: Populism and the Backlash Against Globalization

Brief Overview

The paper analyzes how negative economic shocks caused by a sharp drop in commodity prices increased the vote shares of far-wing candidates, while decreasing the vote shares of left-wing candidates in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election.

Author

• Paula Rettl, Bocconi University