| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w20150 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 20150 |
| Highway to Hitler | |
| Nico Voigtlaender; Hans-Joachim Voth | |
| 发表日期 | 2014-05-22 |
| 出版年 | 2014 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Can autocracies win electoral support by showcasing economic competence? We analyze a famous case – the building of the Autobahn network in Nazi Germany. Using newly collected data, we show that highway construction was effective in boosting popular support, helping to entrench the Nazi dictatorship. Direct economic benefits such as declining unemployment near construction sites are unlikely to explain the increase in pro-Nazi votes. In addition, Nazi propaganda used the Autobahn as a powerful symbol of successful economic policy, putting an effective end to austerity – so that many Germans credited the Nazi regime for the economic recovery. In line with this interpretation, we show that support for the Nazis increased even more where highway construction coincided with greater radio availability – a major source of propaganda. The effect of highways was also significantly stronger in politically unstable states of the Weimar Republic. Our results suggest that infrastructure spending can raise support for autocracy when voters are led to associate it with visible economic progress and an end to political instability. |
| 主题 | Public Economics ; National Fiscal Issues ; History ; Other History ; Other ; Economic Systems |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w20150 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/577824 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nico Voigtlaender,Hans-Joachim Voth. Highway to Hitler. 2014. |
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