Electoral Accountability and the Efficacy of the Political System in the United States: A Counterfactual Analysis

Volume: 53, Issue: 6, Pages: 887 - 909
Published: Jan 1, 2003
Abstract
We consider how citizen attentiveness to public affairs shapes the character of presidential politics and policymaking. Our analytic tool is an empirically-grounded macro model of US politics, one rooted in data and econometric estimates taken from the second half of the 20th century. We conduct stochastic simulation experiments to determine how varying attentiveness affects electoral accountability and the efficiency of dynamic representation....
Paper Details
Title
Electoral Accountability and the Efficacy of the Political System in the United States: A Counterfactual Analysis
Published Date
Jan 1, 2003
Journal
Volume
53
Issue
6
Pages
887 - 909
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