Funke, Manuel; Schularick, Moritz; Trebesch, Christoph - 2021
The rise of populism in the past two decades has motivated much work on its drivers, but less is known about its … economic and political consequences. This column uses a comprehensive cross-country database on populism dating back to 1900 to … offer a historical, long-run perspective. It shows that (1) populism has a long history and is serial in nature – if …