Meltzer and Richard (1981) state that democracy will boost redistribution of income from the rich to the poor. Given that the median voter is poorer than the average-income voter, a majority of voters will vote for redistribution. However, the positive relationship between democracy and...

The demographic changes occurring in European countries in recent decades have made the public pension system one of the most debated policies of the welfare state. This paper analyzes attitudes in public opinion to the different reform alternatives being discussed in the public debate. To...

The chapter on multiple imputation methods to predict electoral results combines socio-political theories with multiple imputation procedures to predict electoral outcomes. Taking advantage of the Stata module for missing data we use simple and chained procedures, as well as different models of...

Since Tibbits published in 1931 a study on the relationship between the business cycle and the electorate results, the analysis of economic voting has been outlining a theory that explains the decision of the voters. In this paper we present a model of economic voting, in which voters are...