Christmann, PabloTorcal, Mariano2024-09-162024-09-162017Christmann P, Torcal M. The political and economic causes of satisfaction with democracy in Spain - a twofold panel study. West Eur Polit. 2017;40(6):1241-66. DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2017.13021780140-2382http://hdl.handle.net/10230/61093Includes supplementary materials for the online appendix.This study tests the links between political and economic performance and satisfaction with democracy (SWD) in Spain. Contrary to the dominant theoretical paradigm that explains the aggregate evolution of and the individual-level differences in SWD mainly by means of economic factors, the article presents evidence that evaluations of the political process are equally relevant to account for both changes in individuals' SWD over time and the evolution of SWD at the national level. Unlike most existing literature, this study supports its argument by combining analyses of a micro-level panel dataset (CIUPANEL) and of a pooled aggregate-level panel dataset based on the Spanish samples in the Eurobarometer and the Latinobarómetro between 1986 and 2014.application/pdfeng© This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in West European Politics on 2017 Apr 25, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01402382.2017.1302178.info:eu-repo/semantics/article2024-09-16http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2017.1302178Satisfaction with democracyEconomic crisisPolitical trustCorruptionSpainPanel analysisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess