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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP15613 |
DP15613 Heroes and Villains: The Effects of Combat Heroism on Autocratic Values and Nazi Collaboration in France | |
Julia Cagé; Anna Dagorret; Pauline Grosjean; Saumitra Jha | |
发表日期 | 2020-12-28 |
出版年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Can heroes legitimize strongly-proscribed and repugnant political behaviors? We exploit the purposefully arbitrary rotation of French regiments to measure the legitimizing effects of heroic credentials. 53% of French line regiments happened to rotate under a specific general, Philippe Pétain, during the pivotal WWI battle of Verdun (1916). Using recently-declassified intelligence data on 95,314 individuals, we find the home municipalities of regiments serving under Pétain at Verdun raised 7% more Nazi collaborators during the Pétain-led Vichy regime (1940-44). The effects are similar across joining Fascist parties, German forces, paramilitaries that hunted Jews and the Resistance, and collaborating economically. These municipalities also increasingly vote for right-wing parties between the wars. The voting effects persist after WWII, becoming particularly salient during social crises. We argue these results reflect the complementary role of the heroes of Verdun in legitimizing and diffusing the authoritarian values of their former leader. |
主题 | Economic History ; Public Economics |
关键词 | Heroes Leaders Democratic values Autocracy Identity Networks Votes Legitimacy |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp15613 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544626 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Julia Cagé,Anna Dagorret,Pauline Grosjean,et al. DP15613 Heroes and Villains: The Effects of Combat Heroism on Autocratic Values and Nazi Collaboration in France. 2020. |
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