INVESTIGADORES
RATTO Maria Celeste
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Economics and votes: How do citizens react to economic cycle?
Autor/es:
MARÍA CELESTE RATTO
Lugar:
Lima
Reunión:
Congreso; 2017 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA); 2017
Institución organizadora:
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Resumen:
The study of elections, electoral behavior and the economy is central to political science. To date, most of the research produced on these topics focuses on the experiences of the most politically stable and economically advanced democracies. Relatively little attention has been paid to this phenomenon in the developing world. That is, only a few studies have focused on countries with shorter democratic experiences and more volatile economic contexts. The aim of this paper is to explore how periods of economic boom and economic crisis affect the retrospective evaluations of Latin-American citizens about the economic outcomes of the incumbent. That is to say how the economic and political conditions facing Latin American voters affect subsequent voting behavior, political support, and electoral outcomes in the region. A hierarchical dataset from the period 1996 to 2011 was employed. This dataset contains individual level data from Latinobarometer survey and contextual information from countries. The research focused on the use of the multilevel statistical technique in order to compare the performance of several contextual country variables over individual economic perceptions at the same time. The collective findings will highlight similarities and differences between advanced democracies and Latin America, with the aim of generating theoretical advances in the study of elections and voting behavior in the developing world.