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Social and Economic Determinants of English Voter Choice in the 1997 General Election

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Using a theoretical framework in which voters' choices are the result of utility maximisation decisions, and in which the variation of utility functions across individuals is partly deterministic (depending on their socio-economic characteristics) and partly stochastic, we estimate constituency-level regression equations to explain how the electoral shares of each of the main parties depend on conditions in the constituency. Whilst social characteristics appear to have an impact similar to that predicted in the existing literature, economic conditions appear to have played a very different role in 1997 from in previous elections. Copyright 2000 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Fielding, David, 2000. "Social and Economic Determinants of English Voter Choice in the 1997 General Election," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 102(3-4), pages 271-295, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:102:y:2000:i:3-4:p:271-95
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    1. David Fielding, 2014. "Mapping Medieval and Modern chauvinism in England:," Working Papers 1409, University of Otago, Department of Economics, revised Oct 2014.
    2. Andrew McKay & Oliver Morrissey & Charlotte Vaillant, 1998. "Aggregate Export and Food Crop Supply Response in Tanzania," Discussion Papers 98/4, University of Nottingham, CREDIT.
    3. Paulo Reis Mourao & Alina Irina Popescu, 2021. "Discussing the political survival of Romanian ministers since 1989—Do economic conditions matter?," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 29(1), pages 63-93, January.

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