Vote économique | Page 2
Punishing Local Incumbents for the Local Economy
Ce contenu n'est pas disponible dans la langue sélectionnée. Abstract After decennia of research on economic voting, it is now established that the state of the economy affects voting behaviour. Nevertheless, this conclusion is the result of a focus on predominantly national-level economies and national-level elections. In this paper, we show that at a local […] Lire la suite
The Economic Voter and Economic Crisis
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Macroeconomics, Economic Crisis and Electoral Outcomes
Ce contenu n'est pas disponible dans la langue sélectionnée. Abstract An abundance of comparative survey research argues the presence of economic voting as an individual force in European elections, thereby refuting a possible ecological fallacy. But the hypothesis of economic voting at the aggregate level, with macroeconomics influencing overall electoral outcomes, seems less sure. Indeed, […] Lire la suite
Economic Policy Voting and Incumbency
Ce contenu n'est pas disponible dans la langue sélectionnée. Abstract The economic voting literature has been dominated by the incumbency-oriented hypothesis, in which voters reward or punish governments at the ballot box according to the nation’s economic performance. The alternative (policy-oriented) hypothesis, in which voters favor parties that are closest to their issue position(s), has […] Lire la suite