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Conference paper
Fiscal policy, economic performance, and vote-getting efficiency: A DEA ranking of presidents, 1880-2008
University of West Florida Libraries
Southern Political Science Association Conference ( Atlanta, GA, 2010)
2010
Abstract
Extending a previous study, we use DEA methodology to estimate and rank the relative efficiency of presidents at converting fiscal, economic, and political variables at the end-of-term election into votes for themselves or their party’s candidate. Thirty-two administrations spanning the period 1880-2008 are compared. The analysis yields several efficient presidents from each party, and identifies a number of vote-getting champions. Future presidents or their advisors would do well to study these exemplars for clues on how to extract the most votes out of comparable situations.
Details
- Title
- Fiscal policy, economic performance, and vote-getting efficiency
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Conference
- Southern Political Science Association Conference ( Atlanta, GA, 2010)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 23
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090343906600
- Academic Unit
- Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government ; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Language
- English