SIMON TOUBEAU SIMON.TOUBEAU@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Party support in multi-level elections: the influence of economic perceptions and vertical congruence
Toubeau, Simon; Wagner, Markus
Authors
Markus Wagner
Abstract
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd How does the economy influence party support in multi-level states? Using regional-level survey data from Canada, Germany and Spain, we show that there is a ‘cross-level’ effect of economic evaluations. Citizens thus take into consideration both the regional and the national economy when determining their support for incumbents at either level. However, the way in which they do so depends on whether the same party is in office at the two levels or not. If so, standard reward-punishment patterns apply. If different parties are in office at the two levels, incumbents at one level are rewarded for bad and punished for good economic outcomes at the other level. Overall, the influence of cross-level economic perceptions is about half as large as that of same-level economic perceptions. Our findings have important normative implications for the signalling function of elections.
Citation
Toubeau, S., & Wagner, M. (2018). Party support in multi-level elections: the influence of economic perceptions and vertical congruence. Electoral Studies, 54, 22-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2018.04.019
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 26, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | May 4, 2018 |
Publication Date | 2018-08 |
Deposit Date | Jul 5, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 5, 2019 |
Journal | Electoral Studies |
Print ISSN | 0261-3794 |
Electronic ISSN | 1873-6890 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 54 |
Pages | 22-34 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2018.04.019 |
Keywords | economic voting, accountability, responsibility attribution, federalism, partisan congruence |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/949281 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379418300878?via%3Dihub |
Contract Date | Jul 5, 2018 |
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