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Venue address: ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, R. Francesinhas 21, 1200-675 Lisboa, Portugal
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 17th Sept 2026, 11:38:04am WEST
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D14: Elections, Political Connections, and Offshore Finance Location: Room 116 (Francesinhas 1) | |
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Toxic Winds: Mainstream Inertia, Voter Discontent, and Challenger Success 1: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy; 2: University of Bologna, Italy This paper investigates how voters react to persistent inaction of mainstream parties in government. We study the illegal burial, dumping, and burning of toxic industrial waste perpetrated by criminal organizations in Southern Italy since the late 1980s. We combine plausibly exogenous geographical variation in exposure to pollutants stemming from historical wind trajectories with the sudden release of information about the exact geo-location of contaminated sites. Difference-in-differences estimates show that, after the information shock, municipalities exposed to toxic winds experienced a persistent decline in turnout of 5.8 percentage points relative to non-exposed municipalities. Using individual-level survey data, we also find that exposure to pollutants reduce trust in parties and in national parliament. Finally, we show that exposure to toxic winds increases the vote share of the challenger Five Star Movement (FSM) in national elections, who actively contrasted mainstream parties’ inaction on the issue.
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