Journal article
The integration hypothesis: How the European Union shapes economic voting
Electoral studies, Vol.31(3), pp.522-528
09/2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2012.02.004
Abstract
Whereas economic perceptions influence the national vote in Western European countries, globalization, or international openness, conditions the influence of economic perceptions on that national vote. But how do attitudes toward the EU itself influence the economic vote? After establishing the presence of a national economic vote in Southern Europe (Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal) we test the hypothesis that heightened perception of European Union economic responsibility reduces the magnitude of the national economic vote coefficient. These tests are carried out on current (2009) survey data, via logistic regression analysis of fully specified voting behavior models, estimated country-by-country and in a data pool. Clearly, the national economic vote diminishes, to the extent the EU is held responsible for the economy.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The integration hypothesis: How the European Union shapes economic voting
- Creators
- Marina Costa Lobo - Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Av. Anibal Bettencourt, 9, 1600-189 Lisbon, PortugalMichael S Lewis-Beck - Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Electoral studies, Vol.31(3), pp.522-528
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.electstud.2012.02.004
- ISSN
- 0261-3794
- eISSN
- 1873-6890
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2012
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984025661402771
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