Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174961 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6838
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The Italian civil war and the Nazi occupation of Italy occurred at a critical juncture, just before the birth of a new democracy. We study the impact of these traumatic events by exploiting geographic heterogeneity in the duration and intensity of civil war, and the persistence of the battlefront along the “Gothic line” cutting through Northern-Central Italy. We find that the Communist Party gained votes in postwar elections where the Nazi occupation lasted longer, mainly at the expense of centrist parties. This effect persists until the late 1980s and appears to be driven by equally persistent changes in political attitudes.
JEL: 
N00
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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