The economic voting literature disagrees over the exogeneity of economic perceptions on
individual electoral behavior. One side argues that economic perceptions are driven by …

Recent research suggests that party identification biases voters' economic perceptions in
general, but that all voters respond to economic change at the same rate. This implies that …

" In this study I explain why economic voting is so widespread and, yet, why incumbents so
often win amidst economic downturns and challengers in boom times. I account for the fact …

Are leaders held accountable for inherited conditions, and does accountability increase with
time in office? I combine hundreds of opinion polls to test how new presidents are rewarded …

Leaders' persona and the state of the economy are among the two most salient topics during
election campaigns. Existing scholarship treats these as two independent or even …

This paper analyzes the effects of biases in economic information on partisans' economic
perceptions. In survey experiments, I manipulate the presence of partisan cues and the …

Previous literature suggests that economic performance affects government approval
asymmetrically, either because voters are quicker to blame incompetence than to credit …

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 …

ABSTRACT Students of Latin American politics have identified the economy and public
security as relevant determinants of voting behaviour. This article extends those insights to …

As local conditions come to reflect extralocal forces, signals of government competence
grow more obscure. Yet we know relatively little about how voters evaluate incumbent …