Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation

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Autor(a) principal: Pannico, Roberto
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Lobo, Marina Costa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/55844
Resumo: The article analyses the effects of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) on economic voting. Theories of responsibility attribution suggest that voters are less likely to consider the economic situation when they realise that the national government is not completely in charge of economic policy. However, some aspects of the theory are being questioned, and its empirical application to EMU has yielded inconclusive results. The article uses experimental data from six EU countries to provide both a theoretical and a methodological contribution to the debate. Theoretically, we argue that to analyse the effects of EMU on economic voting, it is important to consider voters’ and parties’ positions on EU integration. The Europeanisation of economic policy has become a politicised issue over the last years. Consequently, voters are likely to combine functional considerations about who is in charge of economic policy with political considerations about the desirability of this distribution of responsibility. Methodologically, the article provides an analysis of the conditionality of economic voting that considers different sources of endogeneity. The results confirm the relevance of economic perceptions in voting and provide some support for the idea that voters’ EU positions matter when it comes to the effects of EMU on voting.
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spelling Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisationEconomic votingEuropean UnionResponsibility attributionExperimentsEUpoliticisationThe article analyses the effects of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) on economic voting. Theories of responsibility attribution suggest that voters are less likely to consider the economic situation when they realise that the national government is not completely in charge of economic policy. However, some aspects of the theory are being questioned, and its empirical application to EMU has yielded inconclusive results. The article uses experimental data from six EU countries to provide both a theoretical and a methodological contribution to the debate. Theoretically, we argue that to analyse the effects of EMU on economic voting, it is important to consider voters’ and parties’ positions on EU integration. The Europeanisation of economic policy has become a politicised issue over the last years. Consequently, voters are likely to combine functional considerations about who is in charge of economic policy with political considerations about the desirability of this distribution of responsibility. Methodologically, the article provides an analysis of the conditionality of economic voting that considers different sources of endogeneity. The results confirm the relevance of economic perceptions in voting and provide some support for the idea that voters’ EU positions matter when it comes to the effects of EMU on voting.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaPannico, RobertoLobo, Marina Costa2023-01-13T12:09:50Z20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/55844engPannico, R., Lobo, M. C. (2022): Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation. Journal of European Public Policy, (Published online: 31 Dec 2022) DOI:10.1080/13501763.2022.21543791350-176310.1080/13501763.2022.2154379info: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:RCAAP2023-11-08T17:03:06Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/55844Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:06:27.055023Repositório 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 under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation
title Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation
spellingShingle Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation
Pannico, Roberto
Economic voting
European Union
Responsibility attribution
Experiments
EUpoliticisation
title_short Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation
title_full Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation
title_fullStr Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation
title_full_unstemmed Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation
title_sort Voting under EMU: economic perceptions, responsibility attribution and EU politicisation
author Pannico, Roberto
author_facet Pannico, Roberto
Lobo, Marina Costa
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author2 Lobo, Marina Costa
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pannico, Roberto
Lobo, Marina Costa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Economic voting
European Union
Responsibility attribution
Experiments
EUpoliticisation
topic Economic voting
European Union
Responsibility attribution
Experiments
EUpoliticisation
description The article analyses the effects of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) on economic voting. Theories of responsibility attribution suggest that voters are less likely to consider the economic situation when they realise that the national government is not completely in charge of economic policy. However, some aspects of the theory are being questioned, and its empirical application to EMU has yielded inconclusive results. The article uses experimental data from six EU countries to provide both a theoretical and a methodological contribution to the debate. Theoretically, we argue that to analyse the effects of EMU on economic voting, it is important to consider voters’ and parties’ positions on EU integration. The Europeanisation of economic policy has become a politicised issue over the last years. Consequently, voters are likely to combine functional considerations about who is in charge of economic policy with political considerations about the desirability of this distribution of responsibility. Methodologically, the article provides an analysis of the conditionality of economic voting that considers different sources of endogeneity. The results confirm the relevance of economic perceptions in voting and provide some support for the idea that voters’ EU positions matter when it comes to the effects of EMU on voting.
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