The real economy and the perceived economy in popularity functions: how much do voters need to know? A study of British data, 1974-97

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Public Management at the Ballot Box: Performance Information and Electoral Support for Incumbent English Local Governments (2006, background): “…areas where citizen–policy performance links have been investigated, especially economic voting, research finds that many aspects of representative democracy do work in practice (Clarke et al. 2004; der Brug, van der Eijk, and Franklin 2007; Lewis-Beck and Paldam 2000; Sanders 2000; Wlezien 2004).”
Endogenous economic voting: evidence from the 1997 British election (2004, background): “This literature has shown that people’s perceptions of the macro- economy are frequently biased and vary systematically with people’s economic self- interest, the information they seek out or receive about the economy, and how they make sense of this information (Alt, 1991; Duch et al., 2000; Haller”
Economic Determinants of Electoral Outcomes (2000, background): “Sanders (2000) has summarized many of the findings–and much of the controversy—surrounding economic voting in the United Kingdom today.”