The Price of Consolidation: Austerity and the Nazi Alignment of German Business Leaders at the End of the Weimar Republic

• In Event: Democratic Politics and Democratic Breakdown

Brief Overview

We study the political alignment of business elites with the NSDAP during the Weimar Republic ins response to individual exposure to an austerity shock. Higher exposure to politically inflicted economic hardships fostered antidemocratic alignment.

Author

• Jan Hammelehle, Universitat de Barcelona