Geo-political rivalry and anti-immigrant sentiment. A conjoint experiment in 22 countries
Year: 2024

(This article has been accepted for publication by the American Political Science Review). Introducing an international relations perspective into the literature on anti-immigrant attitudes, we hypothesize that immigrants from rival countries will be shunned and immigrants from allied countries preferred, especially by respondents who identify more strongly with the nation. We fielded a forced-choice conjoint experiment in 22 countries, whereby respondents chose between applicants for permanent