Journal Article
What inflation policy do American voters want, and do they get it?
Richards, Daniel J. (1993-09)
Inflation at the time of the 1992 election was at its lowest level in 20 years. This fact might have been expected to give the incumbent Administration a significant advantage, since most previous research regarding voters economic preferences has found that American voters have a strong preference for low inflation and a great willingness to tolerate unemployment to reduce inflation. Thus, the 1992 election results raise the possibility that voter preferences either have changed or were mistakenly estimated earlier. ; The authors goal is to obtain some estimates of the policies and inflation ...
New England Economic Review , Issue Sep , Pages 33-44