Voting functions in the EU-15

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Autor(a) principal: Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/66725
Resumo: This paper examines whether the European integration process, by transferring policy instruments to supra-national authorities, has affected voters’ evaluations of governments’ economic performance at elections. The analysis is implemented on a panel of 15 EU countries, from 1970 to 2011. Results suggest that before the Maastricht Treaty, citizens held incumbents responsible for GDP growth and for the evolution of inflation, particularly when measured relative to the EU average. After the Maastricht Treaty, there was a significant reduction in the impact of economic variables, especially inflation, on electoral outcomes. During the current economic crisis the capacity to control the budget deficit appears to be the main determinant of incumbents’ vote shares.
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spelling Voting functions in the EU-15Vote functionsEU-15economicsdeficitsCiências Sociais::Economia e GestãoSocial SciencesThis paper examines whether the European integration process, by transferring policy instruments to supra-national authorities, has affected voters’ evaluations of governments’ economic performance at elections. The analysis is implemented on a panel of 15 EU countries, from 1970 to 2011. Results suggest that before the Maastricht Treaty, citizens held incumbents responsible for GDP growth and for the evolution of inflation, particularly when measured relative to the EU average. After the Maastricht Treaty, there was a significant reduction in the impact of economic variables, especially inflation, on electoral outcomes. During the current economic crisis the capacity to control the budget deficit appears to be the main determinant of incumbents’ vote shares.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), COMPETE, FEDERSpringerUniversidade do MinhoVeiga, Linda Gonçalves20132013-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/66725engLinda Gonçalves Veiga,Voting functions in the EU-15, Public Choice, Volume 157, Issue 3-4, December 2013, Pages 411-428. DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0113-70048-582910.1007/s11127-013-0113-7https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-013-0113-7info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:30:00Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/66725Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:25:06.521214Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Voting functions in the EU-15
title Voting functions in the EU-15
spellingShingle Voting functions in the EU-15
Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
Vote functions
EU-15
economics
deficits
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
Social Sciences
title_short Voting functions in the EU-15
title_full Voting functions in the EU-15
title_fullStr Voting functions in the EU-15
title_full_unstemmed Voting functions in the EU-15
title_sort Voting functions in the EU-15
author Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
author_facet Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Vote functions
EU-15
economics
deficits
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
Social Sciences
topic Vote functions
EU-15
economics
deficits
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
Social Sciences
description This paper examines whether the European integration process, by transferring policy instruments to supra-national authorities, has affected voters’ evaluations of governments’ economic performance at elections. The analysis is implemented on a panel of 15 EU countries, from 1970 to 2011. Results suggest that before the Maastricht Treaty, citizens held incumbents responsible for GDP growth and for the evolution of inflation, particularly when measured relative to the EU average. After the Maastricht Treaty, there was a significant reduction in the impact of economic variables, especially inflation, on electoral outcomes. During the current economic crisis the capacity to control the budget deficit appears to be the main determinant of incumbents’ vote shares.
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