Benchmarking Across Neighborhoods: House Price and Economic Voting in South Korea

• In Event: The Political Economy Impact of Housing and Real Estate Policy

Brief Overview

This paper examines how changes in house prices affect voters' support for incumbents, with a focus on egocentric retrospective voting and benchmarking, in South Korean local elections.

Authors

• Chanhyuk Park, Washington University in St Louis

• Jeeyoung Lee, Harvard University

• Hyeok Yong Kwon, Korea University