DO WALMARTIANS RULE? THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS

dc.creator	Ricardo Cantú C.
dc.creator	Héctor J. Villarreal
dc.date	2009
dc.date.accessioned	2019-10-08T20:35:46Z
dc.date.available	2019-10-08T20:35:46Z
dc.description	The present paper tries to answer the following question: did an increase in the consumption of durable goods -such as electric applianceshelp the incumbent party to retain the Mexican presidency in 2006? Stated differently, did the middle class vote to support the current economic model? Important data limitations made the use of indirect tests and correlations necessary, rather than causalities -with the associated identification problems. Nonetheless, the paper was not able to reject the hypothesis mentioned above. In a tight election, a small effect could make the difference; and this analysis suggests that this is likely what happened.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.identifier	http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=59715803003
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11285/635116
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	El Colegio de México, A.C.
dc.relation	http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=597
dc.rights	Estudios Económicos
dc.source	Estudios Económicos (México) Num.1 Vol.24
dc.subject	Economía y Finanzas
dc.subject	Voting
dc.subject	welfare
dc.subject	durable goods
dc.subject	middle class
dc.title	DO WALMARTIANS RULE? THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS
dc.type	Artículo científico

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