Is the EU held accountable for economic performances? Assessing vote and popularity functions before and after membership
Raul Magni Berton
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Abel François
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Résumé
The EU has become increasingly responsible for the state of national economies over the last decades. Meanwhile, many observers have claimed that this increased responsibility has not translated into more accountability. In this article, we revisit this literature and analyse vote-popularity functions before and after accession because it provides a situation when the EU is an incumbent and when it is not. Using Eurobarometer surveys from 2001 to 2011, which were carried out in the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007, we first show that individuals do not hold the EU accountable for macroeconomic performances before accession, but that they do after accession. Using European Election Studies surveys, we also indicate that the incumbent European Peoples’ Party is held accountable for the state of the economy in countries that are ruled by the EU, but not in countries that have just become EU members.
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Résumé |
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The EU has become increasingly responsible for the state of national economies over the last decades. Meanwhile, many observers have claimed that this increased responsibility has not translated into more accountability. In this article, we revisit this literature and analyse vote-popularity functions before and after accession because it provides a situation when the EU is an incumbent and when it is not. Using Eurobarometer surveys from 2001 to 2011, which were carried out in the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007, we first show that individuals do not hold the EU accountable for macroeconomic performances before accession, but that they do after accession. Using European Election Studies surveys, we also indicate that the incumbent European Peoples’ Party is held accountable for the state of the economy in countries that are ruled by the EU, but not in countries that have just become EU members.
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Titre |
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Is the EU held accountable for economic performances? Assessing vote and popularity functions before and after membership
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Auteur(s) |
Raul Magni Berton
1, 2
, Abel François
3
, Cal Le Gall
4
1
PACTE -
Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales
( 1043180 )
- Siège : IEP - BP 48 38040 Grenoble cedex 9
- France
2
IEPG -
Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble
( 1043359 )
- 1030, rue des universités - Domaine Universitaire - 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères
- France
3
LEM -
Lille économie management - UMR 9221
( 413157 )
- Université de Lille, Site Cité Scientifique Bâtiment SH2 - 59655 Villeneuve D'Ascq
- France
4
UCL -
Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
( 92863 )
- Place de l'Université 1 - 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve
- Belgique
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Volume |
60
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Numéro |
1
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Page/Identifiant |
69-91
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2020-03-02
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DOI | 10.1111/1475-6765.12387 |
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