TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mourao,Paulo Reis
TI  - The messenger of inflation: how media change political competition
SN  - 13504851
AV  - HB.A666 APP 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Taylor and Francis
KW  - Margins of electoral victory
KW  - Inflation rates
KW  - Media
N2  - Voters do not like bad economic news, especially rising inflation rates. How voters learn about this news, not simply the news itself, can affect electoral behaviour. This article reports a study of media and electoral behaviour between 1960 and 2006 in 70 democratic states. It demonstrates that high inflation rates, combined with intense media coverage, resulted in more political competition and tight electoral races. Our detailed results show that European (EU-27) voters are more sensitive to television and radio coverage than they are to printed press coverage of negative economic news when compared with non-European electorates
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2012.690843
ER  -