Interrelationship between presidential approval, presidential votes and macroeconomic performance, 1948-2000

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-424

  Fox, Gerald ^a   Phillips, Earl N ^a  

^a HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Partisan cycle; Political business cycle; Presidential elections; Presidential popularity; Voters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348163702     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-0704(03)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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