Bulletin n. 1/2009 | ||
July 2009 | ||
Anderson Cameron D. |
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Institutional Change, Economic Conditions and Confidence in Government: Evidence from Belgium | ||
in Acta Politica , Volume 44, Number 1, April , 2009 , 28-49 | ||
Previous work on economic voting suggests that federal or multilevel institutions have important influences on the relationship of economic conditions and government support through blurring lines of responsibility. Building on these prior findings, the present work considers the extent to which the 1993 introduction of a formal federal constitution in Belgium might weaken economic effects on central government support. Using both aggregate objective and subjective economic indicators, results from popularity functions suggest that economic effects are weakened after the 1993 introduction of formal federal institutions in Belgium. | ||