Economic Voting

Abstract

Economic voting is a major research theme in both political science and economics that has transcended as paradigm to public and published opinion. It is now widely accepted that the state of the economy, real or perceived, is a strong predictor of electoral support for the incumbent - although there are voices that question the generality of the relationship. This is an important result because it implies that voters at least to a certain degree hold governments accountable through a reward-punishment strategy. Questions that are being addressed in the literature include: Do voters evaluations of past economic performance or their expectations of future economic performance matter more? Are voters swayed by their personal situation or their evaluation of the wider economy? What aspect of economic performance (e.g. growth, unemployment or inflation) is most important? We welcome submissions that address classic questions in economic voting as well as papers that address more recent themes in the literature like contextual factors (e.g. electoral systems, party identification or news reporting) shaping the economic vote. Studies on single countries, surveys or elections are just as welcome as longitudinal and cross-national comparative work. The panel accommodates empirical as well as theoretical or methodological papers.

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