Mueller, Sean; Vatter, Adrian; Schmid, Charlie - In: Statistics, Politics and Policy 7 (2016) 1-2, pp. 3-28
Abstract This article puts the self-interest hypothesis to an empirical test by analysing the 2004 referendum on fiscal equalisation in Switzerland. That vote put forth a series of reforms which created regional winners and loser in terms of having to pay or receiving unconditional funding....