How Lasting is Voter Gratitude? An Analysis of the Short- and Long-Term Electoral Returns to Beneficial Policy

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Learning About Voter Rationality (2018, neutral): “If disasters amplify the effect of type, then ′ ≡ i is more informative than ≡ u.”
Fleeing the centre: the rise of challenger parties in the aftermath of the euro crisis (2016, background): “There is also increasing evidence that personal economic circumstances, such as declining wages, benefit cuts or unemployment, are important determinants of voting behaviour (Bechtel and Hainmueller 2011; Margalit 2011; Richter 2006).”
Is Voter Competence Good for Voters?: Information, Rationality, and Democratic Performance (2014, background): “Yet another set of ﬁndings claims that voters do a better job of identifying and responding to relevant information (Bechtel and Hainmueller 2011; Chen 2013; Healy and Malhotra 2010).”
Substituting the End for the Whole: Why Voters Respond Primarily to the Election‐Year Economy (2014, background): “24 For example, Bechtel and Hainmueller (2011) reference the “peak-and-end” heuristic to explain voters’ reactions to government disaster response before elections, an interpretation that our results support.”