Why don´t we see more political competition in economic policy? Re wages, we (w/ Lucio Baccaro) show that the more dependent countries are on exports, the more the wage preferences of center-left and center-right voters converge 1/2 @mpifg.bsky.social@jeppjournal.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1080/1350...
This article examines the relationship between national growth models and voters’ economic preferences. We theorise that centre-left voters are cross-pressured between a demand for higher wages and...
We conclude that voters´ perceptions of the seeming importance of wage competitiveness may contribute to the political stabilization of export-led growth models, despite the often sobering economic outcomes of stagnating economic growth and rising inequality. 2/2
