Official and Hidden Unemployment and the Popularity of the Government: An Econometric Analysis of the Kohl Government
Journal
Electoral Studies
ISSN
0261-3794
ISSN-Digital
1873-6890
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2000-06-01
Author(s)
Abstract
In this paper the relation between economic development and the popularity of the government and opposition in Germany is investigated for the period of the conservative-liberal coalition of chancellor Kohl. We estimate systems of popularity functions for the Old States from 1984 to 1996 and the New States from 1992 to 1996. It is shown that inflation and official as well as hidden unemployment have a negative impact on the government's popularity. Moreover, the de facto coalition between the SPD and the PDS in Sachsen-Anhalt in July 1994 strongly helped the Kohl government to become re-elected in October 1994.
Language
English
Keywords
Government popularity
Official and hidden unemployment
Chancellor Kohl
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Butterworth
Publisher place
Guildford
Volume
19
Number
2-3
Start page
333
End page
347
Pages
15
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
15696