Title data
Nguyen, Bang Dinh:
Political power of the press in the Weimar Republic.
In: European Review of Economic History.
Vol. 26
(2022)
Issue 4
.
- pp. 579-611.
ISSN 1474-0044
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/heac002
Abstract in another language
This paper examines how changes in newspaper circulation affected voter turnout, party vote shares, and mass polarization in Weimar Berlin. My empirical strategy exploits variation in the development of railway system across historical districts of Berlin, which influenced the circulation of newspapers. I find that an increase in newspaper circulation significantly induced higher turnout in fourteen outer districts and a higher degree of mass polarization. Partisan newspapers benefitted party vote shares, with stronger effects in federal elections than in local elections. The electoral influence of newspapers was driven by tabloids and mass newspapers, and not by elite political newspapers.
Further data
Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics |
Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
Date Deposited: | 04 Mar 2022 08:25 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2023 13:37 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/68856 |