The Shadow of the Berlin Wall: How Economic Privatization Created a Socialist Backlash in East Germany

• In Event: Comparative Politics and Behavior

Brief Overview

Making use of unique micro-level data on firm privatizations and liquidations in East Germany, we show that the marketization of firms caused a significant electoral comeback of the Party of Democratic Socialism.

Authors

• Werner Krause, Humboldt University of Berlin

• Anselm Hager, Humboldt-University

• Moritz Hennicke, Université libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels)

• Lukas Mergele, University of Munich (LMU)