Economic perceptions and electoral choice in South Korea: the case of the 2007 presidential election.
While the notion that subjective economic perceptions as well as objective economic conditions affect electoral outcomes has long been explored in advanced democracies and new democracies, evidence of the link between the economy and elections has been rarely found in East Asian countries. As econom...
| Publicado en: | Pacific Review Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 183 - 202 |
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