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Political power of the press in the Weimar Republic
[Radio and the rise of the Nazis in prewar Germany]

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  • Bang Dinh Nguyen

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This paper examines how changes in newspaper circulation affected voter turnout, party vote shares, and mass polarization in Weimar Berlin. My empirical strategy exploits variation in the development of railway system across historical districts of Berlin, which influenced the circulation of newspapers. I find that an increase in newspaper circulation significantly induced higher turnout in fourteen outer districts and a higher degree of mass polarization. Partisan newspapers benefitted party vote shares, with stronger effects in federal elections than in local elections. The electoral influence of newspapers was driven by tabloids and mass newspapers, and not by elite political newspapers.

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  • Bang Dinh Nguyen, 2022. "Political power of the press in the Weimar Republic [Radio and the rise of the Nazis in prewar Germany]," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, vol. 26(4), pages 579-611.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ereveh:v:26:y:2022:i:4:p:579-611.
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