This paper compares the boom-bust cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 with the average boom-bust pattern in industrialized countries as calculated from an international sample for the period 1970-2002. Two clear conclusions emerge. First, the Finnish-Swedish experience is much more volatile...

The disaggregated study confirms earlier aggregated studies showing that unemployment strongly affects the popularity of the Swedish government. The results presented here, however, suggest that there are differences among popularity functions estimated across groups differing in age, income and...