A re-examination of an Irish government popularity function

Michael Harrison and Michael Marsh
Additional contact information
Michael Marsh: Postal: Department of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

Economics Technical Papers from Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department

Abstract: This paper focuses on replication in the sense of Herrnson (1995). It re- examines the only study of an Irish popularity function (Borooah and Borooah, 1990) in the light of recent developments in econometric methodology and in Irish politics. Using error correction models the analysis provides an alternative account of the relationship between economics and government popularity to that provided by Borooah and Borooah. The findings indicate that the short-term impact of the economy is weaker than, and different from, that suggested by them. Economic influences at most set the general level of government approval rather than determine the quarter-by-quarter fluctuations.

JEL-codes: C22 H89 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-01
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tcd:tcduet:982

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Economics Technical Papers from Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Colette Angelov ().