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100			_aColussi, T., Isphording, I.E. and Pestel, N. _931147
245			_aMinority salience and political extremism
260			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
300			_a13(3), Jul, 2021: p.237-271
520			_aAuthors investigate how the salience of an ethnic minority affects the majority group's voting behavior. We use the increased salience of Muslim communities during Ramadan as a natural experiment. Exploiting exogenous variation in the distance of election dates to Ramadan over the 1980–2013 period in Germany, our findings reveal an increased polarization. Vote shares for both right- and left-wing extremist parties increase in municipalities with mosques when an election takes place shortly after Ramadan. We use survey data to provide evidence on mechanisms: Ramadan increases respondents' perceived share of the foreign-born population and emphasizes cultural dissimilarities, ultimately worsening attitudes toward Muslims. – Reproduced
650			_aRent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, Voting behavior _931148
773			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
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