Economic performance and political outcomes : an analysis of the 1995 Turkish parliamentary election results
Joint Authors
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2003, Issue 301-340 (31 Dec. 2003)16 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2003-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
1995 Turkish parliamentary election was held almost under the conditions of a controlled experiment.
The unique cross-section data pertaining to this election and the economic and political conditions surrounding it were utilized to study the relationship between the government = s economic performance and the vote shares of political parties.
Turkish voters are found to be myopic, not looking back beyond the election year in assessing the government = s economic performance.
A good performance is found to benefit the primary incumbent party at the expense of extremist opposition parties and a bad performance is found to benefit extremist opposition parties at the expense of the primary party in power.
The junior party in a coalition government and the centrist opposition parties appear to be unaffected by the economic conditions.
Evidence found is consistent with a strategic voting by the electorate, to diffuse power and / or to try parties and leaders that were not tried before or last tried a long time ago.
These conclusions are essentially in conformity with the literature on other countries.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Akarca, Ali T.& Tansel, Aysit. 2003. Economic performance and political outcomes : an analysis of the 1995 Turkish parliamentary election results. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2003, no. 301-340.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Akarca, Ali T.& Tansel, Aysit. Economic performance and political outcomes : an analysis of the 1995 Turkish parliamentary election results. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 301-340 (Dec. 2003).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-147221
American Medical Association (AMA)
Akarca, Ali T.& Tansel, Aysit. Economic performance and political outcomes : an analysis of the 1995 Turkish parliamentary election results. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2003. Vol. 2003, no. 301-340.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-147221
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Record ID
BIM-147221