BJPS study: Survey experiments in Spain, Portugal, Italy, the UK and Germany show that voters punish governments that implement austerity measures. While voters also disapprove of fiscal deficits, they weight the costs of austerity policies more than their potential benefits for the fiscal balance. User smurfyjenkins, in the Discourse Is Action subreddit, 18 Sep 2020
Survey experiments in Spain, Portugal, Italy, the UK and Germany show that voters punish governments that implement austerity measures. While voters also disapprove of fiscal deficits, they weight the costs of austerity policies more than their potential benefits for the fiscal balance. User smurfyjenkins, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 18 Sep 2020