Electoral effects of public sector Austerity efforts in the United Kingdom 1900-2015

This paper investigates empirically whether large expenditure cuts and revenue rises that were the result of deliberate political efforts towards being austere had an impact on electoral outcomes in the UK using data from 1900 to 2015. The main electoral outcomes considered are the change in ruling...

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Main Author: Himaz, R
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2015