COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS AND THE ENDOGENEITY OF LEFT/RIGHT SELF-PLACEMENT: A RESEARCH NOTE

In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 35-49

Abstract

MUCH OF THE LITERATURE ON POLITICAL ECONOMICS RESTRICTS ITS FOCUS TO THE SHORT-RUN IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC EVENTS IN STUDYING SUCH TOPICS AS VOTE CHOICE OR EXECUTIVE POPULARITY. IN THIS PAPER, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC EVENTS UPON LONGER-TERM ASPECTS OF VOTER ATTITUDES AND, IN PARTICULAR, UPON VOTER IDEOLOGIES. HE ALSO CONSIDERS THE SCOPE FOR THE INTERPRETABILITY OF ECONOMIC INFORMATION AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND PRESENTS STATISTICAL EVIDENCE FROM FOUR EUROPEAN STATES.