?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F89%2F&rft.title=Reassessing+the+Link+between+Voter+Heterogeneity+and+Political%0D%0AAccountability%3A+A+Latent+Class+Regression+Model+of+Economic%0D%0AVoting&rft.creator=Katz%2C+Jonathan+N.&rft.creator=Katz%2C+Gabriel&rft.subject=HA+Statistics&rft.subject=JF+Political+institutions+(General)&rft.description=While+recent+research+has+underscored+the+conditioning+effect+of+individual+characteristics+on+economic+voting+behavior%2C+most+empirical+studies+have+failed+to+explicitly+incorporate+observed+heterogeneity+into+statistical+analyses+linking+citizens'+economic+evaluations+to+electoral+choices.+In+order+to+overcome+these+drawbacks%2C+we+propose+a+latent%0D%0Aclass+regression+model+to+jointly+analyze+the+determinants+and+influence+of+economic%0D%0Avoting+in+Presidential+and+Congressional+elections.+Our+modeling+approach+allows+us+to%0D%0Abetter+describe+the+effects+of+individual+covariates+on+economic+voting+and+to+test+hypotheses+on+the+existence+of+heterogeneous+types+of+voters%2C+providing+an+empirical+basis%0D%0Afor+assessing+the+relative+validity+of+alternative+explanations+proposed+in+the+literature.%0D%0AUsing+survey+data+from+the+2004+U.S.+Presidential%2C+Senate+and+House+elections%2C+we%0D%0Aand+that+voters+with+college+education+and+those+more+interested+in+political+campaigns%0D%0Abased+their+vote+on+factors+other+than+their+economic+perceptions.+In+contrast%2C+less+educated+and+interested+respondents+assigned+considerable+weight+to+economic+assessments%2C%0D%0Awith+sociotropic+jugdgments+strongly+in%0D%0Auencing+their+vote+in+the+Presidential+election%0D%0Aand+personal+financial+considerations+affecting+their+vote+in+House+elections.+We+conclude+that+the+main+distinction+in+the+2004+election+was+not+between+%60sociotropic'+and%0D%0A%60pocketbook'+voters%2C+but+rather+between+%60economic'+and+%60non-economic'+voters.&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F89%2F1%2Fkatz_katz2009.pdf&rft.identifier=++Katz%2C+Jonathan+N.+and+Katz%2C+Gabriel++Reassessing+the+Link+between+Voter+Heterogeneity+and+Political+Accountability%3A+A+Latent+Class+Regression+Model+of+Economic+Voting.++Working+Paper+++++++(Unpublished)+++