It’s all ‘bad’ news! Voters’ perception of macroeconomic policy competence
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Keywords
Voters’ beliefs; Incumbent competence; Economic voting; Systematic bias; C22; E69; H89;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
- E69 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Other
- H89 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Other
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