Does the World Economy Swing National Elections

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How Do Budget Deficits and Economic Growth Affect Reelection Prospects? Evidence from a Large Panel of Countries (2008, unknown): “31 In contrast, Leigh (2004), in a very different specification finds that higher world growth increases an incumbent's reelection chances in both developed and less-developed countries, and that the electoral reward to growth attributed to domestic factors is higher in richer countries.”
Is Voter Competence Good for Voters?: Information, Rationality, and Democratic Performance (2014, unknown): “One set of ﬁndings claims that voters punish incumbents for events outside the control of policy-makers (Achen and Bartels 2004; Healy, Malhotra and Mo 2010; Leigh 2009; Wolfers 2009).”
Learning About Voter Rationality (2018, unknown): “Another strand examines the electoral consequences of economic shocks (Ebeid and Rodden, 2006; Wolfers, 2009; Leigh, 2009; Kayser and Peress, 2012).”
Politicians’ Luck of the Draw: Evidence from the Spanish Christmas Lottery (2016, unknown): “Slightly more votes went to the Socialist Party (40 percent) than to the People ’ s Party (38 percent), consistent with the Socialist Party winning ﬁve out of the seven national elections in our sample.”