Ökonomische Erklärungen des Verhaltens bei aussenpolitischen Abstimmungen. Eine Kritik der Analyse von Aymo Brunetti, Markus Jaggi und Rolf Weder

According to BRUNETTI ET AL. (Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 134/1,1998) economic interests are of crucial importance for individual behaviour in popular votes on European integration in Switzerland. Compensation of losers might be a feasible strategy in creating majorities for international economic integration. However, there is only weak empirical evidence for this hypotheses. Rather, behaviour in popular votes is mainly driven by non-economic motives. Economic calculus is only of marginal importance. The empirical analysis is based on the 'Swiss Labour Market Survey' 1998.