| Notas: | The weights of egotropic and sociotropic factors in economic voting are analyzed, using the Markus model. The 28 quaterly surverys show tha pocketbook voting dominates in the Welfare State of Denmark. The egotropic economic conditions variable has a reliable and sizable impact on the probability of supporting the government. The five sociotropic variables tried are shown to have less reliable and smaller effects. The results are much more egotropic for Denmark than the closest comparable ones for the USA. There are small, but significant movements in the coefficients over time, so the relative effects may change in the long run. We use the Culture Hypothesis to explain, why the welfare man is egotropic. The same hypothesis predicts the Americans to be more sociotropic Descriptores: EGOTROPICO |
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