Expectations About Future Economic Prospects and Satisfaction with Democracy: Evidence from European Countries during the COVID-19 Crisis

Elina Simone (), Lorenzo Cicatiello (), Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta () and Mauro Pinto ()
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Elina Simone: Roma Tre University
Lorenzo Cicatiello: University of Basilicata
Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta: University of Naples L’Orientale
Mauro Pinto: University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2022, vol. 159, issue 3, No 9, 1017-1033

Abstract: Abstract Recent studies highlight that economic expectations are a crucial determinant of citizens’ satisfaction with democracy (SWD). This article relies on a cross-sectional analysis of European survey data collected in the aftermath of COVID-19 disease to investigate the relationship between citizens’ expectations about future economic prospects and their SWD. Our findings support the idea that citizens’ expectations about future economic prospects are correlated with SWD. Furthermore, they reveal that perceived conditions of material wellbeing moderate this relationship.

Keywords: Satisfaction with democracy; Subjective expectations; COVID-19 disease; Government support measures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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