Economic voting: a campaign-centered theory

Machine generated contents note: 1. The economic voting puzzle; 2. A campaign-centered theory of economic voting; 3. Can ads prime the economy? How would we know? US 1992; 4. The impact of a surge in economic messages, Mexico 2006; 5. The absent economic message, US and Mexico 2000; 6. The campaign-centered model in comparative perspective; 7. Conclusion.