Do voters punish incumbents for rising income inequality? The Role of Media Coverage

• In Event: Political Economy of Inequality

Brief Overview

Using data from over 400 million newspaper articles from 9 OECD countries and parliamentary election outcomes, we test whether more media coverage strengthens the relationship between income inequality and the vote share of the incumbent party.

Authors

• Puspa Delima Amri, Sonoma State University

• Florence Bouvet, Sonoma State University