The Economy and the Vote

by Wouter van der Brug, Mark Franklin, Cees van der Eijk, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521682339
• ISBN13: 9780521682336
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"