TY  - JOUR
AU  - Fair,Ray C.
TI  - The Effect of Economic Events on Votes for President:  1984 Update
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 2222
PY  - 1989
Y2  - May 1989
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2222
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2222.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Ray C. Fair
Cowles Foundation
P.O. Box 208281
Yale University
New Haven, CT  06520-8281
E-Mail: ray.fair@yale.edu
AB  - In previous work I have developed an equation explaining votes for president in the United States that seems to have a remarkable predictive ability. In this paper the equation is updated through the 1984 election and then used to predict the 1988 election.
ER  -