Ekonomiska konsekvenser av antisemitism är kanske bland de minst viktiga. Icke desto mindre visar en ny studie, ”Discrimination, Managers and Firm Performance: Evidence from ‘Aryanizations’ in Nazi Germany”, att även dessa konsekvenser var mycket negativa:

We study how the forced removal of Jewish managers in Nazi Germany, caused by surging antisemitism, affected large firms. The loss of Jewish managers with certain qualifications led to large and persistent stock price reductions for affected firms. Dividend payments and returns on assets also declined. A back-of-the envelope calculation suggests that the aggregate market valuation of firms listed in Berlin fell by 1.8 percent of German GNP. The findings imply that discrimination can lead to persistent and first-order economic losses.

HT: Alexander Fink.