?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F4059%2F&rft.title=The+Political+Economy+of+Collective+Memories%3A+Evidence+from+Russian+Politics&rft.creator=Belmonte%2C+Alessandro&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=HC+Economic+History+and+Conditions&rft.description=How+do+political+elites+exploit+salient+historical+events+to+reactivate+collective+memories+and+entrench+their+power%3F+We+study+this+question+using+data+from+the+Russian+Federation+under+Putin.+We+document+a+substantial+recollection+campaign+of+the+traumatic+transition+the+Russian+population+experienced+during+the+1990s%2C+starting+with+the+year+2003.+We+combine+this+time+discontinuity+in+the+recollection+of+negative+collective+memories+with+regional-level+information+about%0D%0Atraumatic+experiences+of+the+1990s.+Our+results+show+that+Russians+vote+more+for+the+government%2C+and+less+for+the+liberal+political+opposition%2C+in+regions+that+suffered+more+during+the+transition+period%2C+once+memories+from+the+period+are+recalled+on+state-controlled+media.+We+then+provide+additional+evidence+on+the+mechanism+and+find%2C+using+a+text+analysis+of+local+newspapers%2C+that+in+those+regions+where+local+newspapers+more+intensively+recall+the+chaotic+1990s%2C+electoral+support+for+the+government+is+higher.+Finally%2C+we+show+that+in+regions+in+which+the+media+is+less+independent+from+the+state%2C+this+recollection+campaign+is+more+effective.&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nc_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F4059%2F1%2F59PS2018.pdf&rft.identifier=++Belmonte%2C+Alessandro++The+Political+Economy+of+Collective+Memories%3A+Evidence+from+Russian+Politics.++Working+Paper+++++++(Submitted)+++