general elections from 1985 to 2002, using data on 284 municipalities and 9 regions. An increase in regional growth or a …

as well as voting decisions, this paper tests if voters typically support parties in which the politicians' preferences … with theoretical models such as the citizen-candidate model arguing that politicians cannot credibly commit to election …

just before elections, when they are highly predictive of voting. In contrast to earlier studies I find no effect of voting …Cognitive dissonance theory predicts that the act of voting makes people more positive toward the party or candidate … turnout provided by the voting age restriction. I improve on previous studies by investigating political attitudes, measured …

We study the effect of economic insecurity on electoral outcomes using data on municipal elections in Italy. We …

understanding of economic voting in Sweden. Regarding the determination of election outcomes, macroeconomic variables have been more …This paper presents a theoretical model of rational retrospective voting, which is tested empirically on pooled cross …-sectional and panel data from the Swedish Election Studies between 1985 and 1994 supplemented with time series on inflation and …

officials who permitted them. How voters responded to these in the 2002 parliamentary elections is investigated, using cross …

This paper provides new evidence on the effect of immigration on election outcomes. Our analysis makes use of data on …

We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in … Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social … Democrats proposed budget cuts affecting parents with young children before the 1994 election, but made generous promises to the …