The economy and the vote : economic conditions and elections in fifteen countries

Wouter van der Brug, Cees van der Eijk, Mark Franklin

Economic conditions are said to affect election outcomes, but past research has produced unstable and contradictory findings. This book argues that these problems are caused by the failure to take account of electoral competition between parties. A research strategy to correct this problem is designed and applied to investigate effects of economic conditions on (individual) voter choices and (aggregate) election outcomes over 42 elections in 15 countries. It shows that economic conditions exert small effects on individual party preferences, which can have large consequences for election outcomes. In countries where responsibility for economic policy is clear, voters vote retrospectively and reward or punish incumbent parties - although in coalition systems smaller government parties often gain at the expense of the largest party when economic conditions deteriorate. Where clarity of responsibility for economic policy is less clear, voters vote more prospectively on the basis of expected party policies.

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Economic conditions are said to affect election outcomes, but past research has produced unstable and contradictory findings. This book argues that these problems are caused by the failure to take account of electoral competition between parties. A research strategy to correct this problem is designed and applied to investigate effects of economic conditions on (individual) voter choices and (aggregate) election outcomes over 42 elections in 15 countries. It shows that economic conditions exert small effects on individual party preferences, which can have large consequences for election outcomes. In countries where responsibility for economic policy is clear, voters vote retrospectively and reward or punish incumbent parties - although in coalition systems smaller government parties often gain at the expense of the largest party when economic conditions deteriorate. Where clarity of responsibility for economic policy is less clear, voters vote more prospectively on the basis of expected party policies.

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[目次]

  • 1. Studying economic voting
  • 2. Party choice as a two-stage process
  • 3. Hypotheses and data: the theoretical and empirical setting
  • 4. Effects of the economy on party support
  • 5. The economic voter
  • 6. From individual preferences to election outcomes
  • 7. The economy, party competition, and the vote.

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[目次]

  • 1. Studying economic voting
  • 2. Party choice as a two-stage process
  • 3. Hypotheses and data: the theoretical and empirical setting
  • 4. Effects of the economy on party support
  • 5. The economic voter
  • 6. From individual preferences to election outcomes
  • 7. The economy, party competition, and the vote.

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書名 The economy and the vote : economic conditions and elections in fifteen countries
著作者等 Brug, Wouter van der
Eijk, C. van der
Franklin, Mark N.
Eijk Cees van der
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2007
ページ数 x, 234 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 9780521682336
9780521863742
NCID BA82879589
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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