Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, dear colleagues, in the name of the Department of Economics, I cordially invite you to our research seminar April, 14th, 2021, 4pm Maria Petrova (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) https://sites.google.com/site/mariapetrovaphd/ <https://sites.google.com/site/mariapetrovaphd/> Bombs, Broadcasts and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition to the Nazi Regime during World War II https://ideas.repec.org/p/cpr/ceprdp/15292.html <https://0ec87679-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/mariapetrovaphd/Bombs%20Broadcasts%20March%202021.pdf> Abstract: Can bombs and broadcasts instigate resistance against a foreign regime? We examine the canonical case of bombing designed to undermine enemy morale—the Allied bomber offensive against Germany during WWII. Our evidence shows that both air power and the airwaves undermined regime support. Using plausibly exogenous variation in weather, we show that places that suffered more bombardment saw noticeably more opposition. Bombing also reduced the combat motivation of soldiers: fighter pilots from bombed-out cities performed markedly less well after raids. We also provide evidence that exposure to BBC radio, especially together with bombing, increased the number of resistance cases. Short summary: https://voxeu.org/article/how-allied-bombing-and-propaganda-undermined-germa... <https://voxeu.org/article/how-allied-bombing-and-propaganda-undermined-german-morale-during-wwii> Maria Petrova is research professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Political Economy and Governance (IPEG), Affiliate Professor at Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Alfa-Bank Associate Professor of Economics at the New Economic School, and a Research Fellow at CEPR. She is a Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics, a member of the Editorial Board of the Review of Economic Studies, and an Associate Editor of the Review of Behavioral Economics. Her research interests include political economy, mass media economics, and corporate governance; she has an ERC-Starting Grant for a five-year project. EXTREME "The Rise and Fall of Populism and Extremism“, for 2019-2024. Selected publications: * “Cross-border media and nationalism: Evidence from Serbian radio in Croatia,” (with Stefano DellaVigna, Ruben Enikolopov, Vera Mironova, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya), American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, 2014 * “Radio and the Rise of Nazis in Pre-War Germany ” (with Maja Adena, Ruben Enikolopov, Veronica Santarosa, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015 * “Social Media and Protest Participation: Evidence from Russia” (with Ruben Enikolopov and Alexey Makarin), forthcoming in Econometrica * “Social Media and Political Donations: New Technology and Incumbency Advantage in the United States” (with Ananya Sen and Pinar Yildrim), forthcoming in Management Science Please register for the zoom link at https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/onlin... <https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/online-research-seminar/> You will find the current schedule of seminars at https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/more-... <https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/more-details-about-the-online-economics-research-seminar/> With best regards, rené böheim — PD René Böheim, PhD Department of Economics JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITÄT LINZ Altenberger Straße 69 4040 Linz, Österreich P +43-732-2468-7369