Regional Economic Voting : Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, 1990 1999

List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xv Party Acronyms and Candidate Abbreviations xix 1 INTRODUCTION 1(26) 2 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND ELECTION RESULTS 27(51) 3 COMPARATIVE CROSS-REGIONAL ANALYSIS 78(48) 4 PAIRED CASE STUDIES 126(26) 5 THE INCUMBENCY HYPOTHESIS 152(32) Appendix 5.1: Coding of Primary and Other Coalition Partners 178(6) 6 THE NEW REGIME HYPOTHESIS 184(31) Appendix 6.1: Borderline New Regime Parties 210(5) 7 THE OLD REGIME HYPOTHESIS 215(29) Appendix 7.1: Supplementary Tables 242(2) 8 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 244(32) Appendix 8.1: Supplementary Table 274(2) 9 ECONOMIC VOTING AND POSTCOMMUNIST POLITICS 276(33) Appendix I NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS 309(10) Appendix II REGRESSION RESULTS AND DOCUMENTATION 319(37) Appendix III ESTIMATED DISTRIBUTIONS OF FIRST DIFFERENCES 356(19) Appendix IV PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE SIMULATIONS BY PARTY 375(4) Works Cited 379(26) Index 405