IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/ajecsc/v61y2002i2p495-501.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A Note on the Determinants of Public Dissatisfaction with Government: Economic and Political Factors Affecting the Public’s Attitude toward Government

Author

Listed:
  • Richard J. Cebula
  • Chris Paul

Abstract

This study empirically identifies both the economic and political determinants of the public’s dissatisfaction with government in the United States. Using annual survey data on the public’s dissatisfaction with government obtained for the years 1965–1996, it is found that the Vietnam War, Watergate, oil price shocks and higher federal marginal income tax rates resulted in elevated levels of the public’s dissatisfaction with government, whereas increases in housing prices and a rising Dow Jones industrial average reduced the public’s dissatisfaction with the government.

Suggested Citation

  • Richard J. Cebula & Chris Paul, 2002. "A Note on the Determinants of Public Dissatisfaction with Government: Economic and Political Factors Affecting the Public’s Attitude toward Government," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(2), pages 495-501, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:61:y:2002:i:2:p:495-501
    DOI: 10.1111/1536-7150.00170
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1536-7150.00170
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/1536-7150.00170?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Richard J. Cebula, 2007. "PAC Congressional Election Campaign Contributions and Other Political or Economic Influences on the Voter Participation Rate," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 66(2), pages 399-412, April.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:61:y:2002:i:2:p:495-501. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0002-9246 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.