...Ray Ou-Yang; Yingnan Joseph Zhou The economic voting literature argues that economics matters to democratic leaders. We argue that it matters to authoritarian leaders, too, and its influence is stronger there than it is in democratic countries. Using data on four Asian countries from the Asian...

... power transition. EUNJUNG CHOI Economic Voting in Taiwan The Significance of Education and Lifetime Economic Experiences ABSTRACT An analysis of the 1996 and 2004 Taiwan presidential elections demonstrates that the voters overall economic experiences under the dominant Kuomintang and level of education...