How Much Does the State of the Economy Influence the Popularity of Austrian Parties? An Empirical Investigation

Friedrich Schneider (), Reinhard Neck () and Michael M. Strugl
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Michael M. Strugl: Johannes Kepler University Linz

International Advances in Economic Research, 2017, vol. 23, issue 1, No 9, 107-121

Abstract: Abstract We estimate popularity functions for the Austrian parties Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), Social Democrats (SPÖ) and Austrian Freedom party (FPÖ) between 1987 and 2010 (using annual data) as well as vote functions for the same Austrian parties in the 86 election districts in the national elections in 1999, 2002, 2006 and 2008. In most cases we find a statistically significant and theoretically predicted influence of three economic variables, namely the unemployment rate, inflation rate and growth rate of income, on both popularity and voting behavior. However, this influence is not robust and shows a tendency to decline over time.

Keywords: Austrian popularity functions; Austrian vote functions; Economic influence on popularity and voting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D03 H11 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11294-016-9628-2

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