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Predicting presidential elections and other things / Ray C. Fair.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fair, Ray C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social prediction.
- Presidents--United States--Election--Forecasting.
- Presidents.
- Election forecasting--United States.
- Election forecasting.
- Economic forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""It's the economy, stupid,"" as Democratic strategist James Carville would say. After many years of study, Ray C. Fair has found that the state of the economy has a dominant influence on national elections. Just in time for the 2012 presidential election, this new edition of his classic text, Predicting Presidential Elections and Other Things, provides us with a look into the likely future of our nation's political landscape-but Fair doesn't stop there.Fair puts other national issues under the microscope as well-including congressional elections, Federal Reserve behavior
- Contents:
- It's the economy, stupid
- The tools in seven easy lessons
- Presidential elections
- Congressional elections
- Extramarital affairs
- Wine quality
- College grades and class attendance
- Marathon times
- Aging and baseball
- Predicting college football games
- Interest rates
- Inflation
- More things.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804778022
- 0804778027
- OCLC:
- 767502721
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