elections, voting behavior and public opinion are arguably among the most prominent and
intensively researched sub-fields within political science. it is an evolving sub-field, in terms …

During the Great Recession, governments across the continent implemented austerity
policies. A large literature claims that such policies are surprisingly popular and have few …

The role of the president varies between political systems, and so does public opinion on
presidents. One of the most evident factors distinguishing presidents in different systems is …

There is a puzzle which emerged following the Eurozone crisis: whereas the salience of the
economy suggests an increase in economic voting, the realization that economic policies …

This paper revisits tax competition among governments for foreign direct investment (FDI) by
considering the role played by the economic dynamism of competitors on the setting of …

The impact of institutions on the economic vote stands as a well‐established proposition for
the advanced democracies of Europe. We know less, however, regarding the institutional …

This article contributes to the debate on spatial variance of voting behaviour in Poland.
Using empirical data from the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, two alternative …

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 …

Spatial and valence models are the workhorses of research on electoral behaviour. Yet, little
is known about the common factors that influence the strength of both these determinants of …

The central importance of relationships among economy, polity and society to the wealth of
nations and the well-being of people has attracted much interest among academic …