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Three worlds of austerity: voter congruence over fiscal trade-offs in Germany, Spain and the UK
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Abstract Political opposition to fiscal adjustments has varied significantly across countries. Our analysis links this variation to differences in the congruence of voter attitudes towards fiscal trade-offs across political blocs in different countries. These differences in attitudes, in turn, coincide with ... mehr
Political opposition to fiscal adjustments has varied significantly across countries. Our analysis links this variation to differences in the congruence of voter attitudes towards fiscal trade-offs across political blocs in different countries. These differences in attitudes, in turn, coincide with the implications of the distinct macroeconomic growth strategies that these countries pursue. Based on original survey data, we show that in Germany, supporters of different parties not only share similar views on the appropriate size of fiscal adjustment, but also on how to distribute these cuts across various spending items. In Spain, there is fundamental disagreement on the amount of austerity, but voters largely agree on the composition of fiscal adjustments. In the UK, there is disagreement between voters of diverging political blocs on both accounts. Variation in public attitudes, therefore, gives rise to very diverse political dynamics surrounding fiscal adjustments in different countries.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
ISSP; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Spanien; Großbritannien; Finanzpolitik; Defizit; Wähler; politische Einstellung; öffentliche Ausgaben
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Wirtschaftspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
spending cuts; growth models; ISSP 1985; ISSP 1990; ISSP 1996; ISSP 2006; ISSP 2016
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 959-983
Zeitschriftentitel
Socio-Economic Review, 21 (2023) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwac025
ISSN
1475-1461
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)