The Bright Side of the Economic Crisis: The Attribution of Political Responsibilities in Hard Times

Cordero, Guillermo; Lago, Ignacio

doi:10.1017/s0008423916000044

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“…They also positioned themselves more to the left of the political spectrum, a position diverging from that of the then right-wing government. This result illustrated the importance of attributing responsibility in the process of sense making (Moscovici, 1984) and the effect of group-serving biases on choosing which actors were held responsible for the crisis (Cordero & Lago, 2016;Fernández-Albertos et al, 2013;Gangl et al, 2012; see also O'Connor, 2012 for an analysis of lay perceptions of the causes of the Irish recession).…”

Section: Laypeople's Representations Of the Economic Crisismentioning

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What should governments do to deal with the economic crisis? Exploring Portuguese laypeople’s support for government strategies

Poeschl

Nogueira-Rodrigues

Valentim

2020

European Politics and Society

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The economic crisis that hit European countries has been the object of various studies, aiming to understand how laypeople construct their opinions and guide their actions to deal with the difficulties stemming from the implementation of austerity measures. The present study analyses the responses given to an online survey by 630 Portuguese adults. Focusing on their support for possible government strategies to manage the crisis, it examines the changes which have occurred over time in their opinions, and compares them with opinions expressed in other European countries hit by the crisis. The main results suggest that support for strategies differs according to the attribution of responsibility for the crisis either to the people or to supranational institutions. In line with the findings from other countries, conformity to European Union demands is supported by higher class rightwingers, rationalization of the public sector by somewhat insecure centrists, and exit from the European Union by more vulnerable left-and right-wingers. Results also show a global decrease in support for the European project, which questions the way the EU deals with the problems of its member states as well as the ideals it pursues.

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Section: Laypeople's Representations Of the Economic Crisismentioning

confidence: 90%

What should governments do to deal with the economic crisis? Exploring Portuguese laypeople’s support for government strategies

Poeschl

Nogueira-Rodrigues

Valentim

2020

European Politics and Society

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“…On the conceptual side, the starting point on visibility stems from the fact that citizens form their preferences and beliefs according to the information they are exposed to (Cutler, 2010; Malhotra, 2008), including willingness not to know (Ginzburg & Guerra, 2019). In this vein, and precisely emphasising the role of information, the literature has identified individual and institutional/contextual features as the two dimensions shaping government visibility in citizens (Arceneaux, 2006; Cordero & Lago Peñas, 2016; Hobolt & Tilley, 2014; Rudolph, 2003b).…”

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“…The existence of coalitions in government can also hamper citizens' visibility (Lago Peñas & Lago Peñas, 2011). Finally, although Cutler (2008), for Canada, finds that judgements about responsibility are unstable over time, in Spain, there is agreement that visibility improves over time (Cordero & Lago Peñas, 2016;Le on, 2015), although only for regions that first achieved a higher level of responsibilities.…”

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Do you know to whom you pay your taxes? The case of decentralised Spain

2023

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Surveys show that most citizens are unable to correctly identify the taxes received or the services provided by the different levels of government. This shortcoming represents an obstacle to democratic accountability and for the efficiency gains that the theory of fiscal federalism attributes to fiscal decentralisation be effective. Exploiting the 2015 wave of the Spanish Institute for Fiscal Studies' Fiscal Barometer, this paper empirically determines the profile of citizens who are best able to identify the allocation of taxes among the central, regional and local levels of government. The estimates suggest that these citizens are those who are able to identify the government that provides the services financed by those taxes, who correctly identify other taxes received by the same government, who reside in a foral region, and who enjoy a high level of education.

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Fiscal consolidation and voting: on the electoral costs of budgetary stability

Lago‐Peñas,

Cadaval‐Sampedro,

Herrero‐Alcalde

2024

Fiscal Studies

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In this paper, we analyse the potential impact of policies aimed at fostering fiscal sustainability on citizens’ preferences. A survey specifically designed for this purpose quantifies citizens’ knowledge and concern about fiscal imbalances and the institutional framework that addresses them in Spain, and their possible electoral reactions to public spending cuts and tax increases. Using both ordered and unordered multinomial probit models, we corroborate that citizens tend to disapprove of retrenchment policies. However, the effect on citizens’ voting intentions varies depending on their political ideology. We confirm that left‐wing voters supporting the incumbent coalition parties prefer austerity policies based on the revenue side of the budget, while right‐wing voters tend to approve retrenchments based on the expenditure side to a larger extent.

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The Bright Side of the Economic Crisis: The Attribution of Political Responsibilities in Hard Times

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

What should governments do to deal with the economic crisis? Exploring Portuguese laypeople’s support for government strategies

What should governments do to deal with the economic crisis? Exploring Portuguese laypeople’s support for government strategies

Do you know to whom you pay your taxes? The case of decentralised Spain

Fiscal consolidation and voting: on the electoral costs of budgetary stability

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