Subjective well-being, satisfaction with public services and election outcomes in Turkey

dc.authorscopusid 6507446798
dc.authorscopusid 57190411240
dc.authorwosid Kent, Oya/HIR-3774-2022
dc.contributor.author Filiztekin, Alpay
dc.contributor.author Kent, Oya
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-25T11:39:08Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-25T11:39:08Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.department Okan University en_US
dc.department-temp [Filiztekin, Alpay] Sabanci Univ, Fac Arts & Social Sci, TR-34956 Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Kent, Oya] Istanbul Okan Univ, Dept Econ & Finance, TR-34956 Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkiye en_US
dc.description.abstract There is an emerging literature to explain the variation in voting behavior by subjective wellbeing (or 'happiness') measures beyond standard economic and financial variables that economic voting models assert. This paper contributes to this new line of research by testing whether subjective well-being indicators are significant predictors of the June 2015 elections in Turkey. Using the 2013 wave of Life Satisfaction Surveys that is representative at the provincial level, our findings indicate that low levels of subjective well-being ('discontent') have a strong predictive power on the outcome of elections at the local level, accounting for provincial demographic and socioeconomic covariates, and possible reverse causality. We also use additional questions on satisfaction with public services and find that the Turkish electorate is more responsive to particular policies of the incumbent party rather than general economic conditions, or their general well-being.& COPY; 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 0
dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.ecosys.2023.101096
dc.identifier.issn 0939-3625
dc.identifier.issn 1878-5433
dc.identifier.issue 3 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85154545670
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q2
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2023.101096
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/1329
dc.identifier.volume 47 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:001072236100001
dc.identifier.wosquality Q2
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 0
dc.subject subjective well-being en_US
dc.subject Turkey elections en_US
dc.subject voting en_US
dc.title Subjective well-being, satisfaction with public services and election outcomes in Turkey en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.wos.citedbyCount 0

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