Crisis of confidence? The dynamics of economic opinions during the Great Recession
Anderson, C. J.
& Hecht, J. D.
(2014).
Crisis of confidence? The dynamics of economic opinions during the Great Recession.
In
Bermeo, N. & Bartels, L. M.
(Eds.),
Mass Politics in Tough Times: Opinions, Votes and Protest in the Great Recession
.
Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199357505.003.0002
& Hecht, J. D.
(2014).
Crisis of confidence? The dynamics of economic opinions during the Great Recession.
In
Bermeo, N. & Bartels, L. M.
(Eds.),
Mass Politics in Tough Times: Opinions, Votes and Protest in the Great Recession
.
Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199357505.003.0002
This chapter examines the dynamics of public opinion about the economy before, during, and after the Great Recession of 2008 across 11 European countries. Specifically, using monthly public opinion data, the chapter describes the nature of opinion change resulting from turmoil in the global economy and investigates whether the nature of the change and opinion were shaped by macro-level political and economic factors, including the size of welfare states.