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Quorum and Turnout in Referenda
Herrera, Helios; Mattozzi, Andrea - 2007
We analyze the effect of turnout requirements in referenda in the context of a group turnout model. We show that a participation quorum requirement may reduce the turnout so severely that it generates a "quorum paradox": in equilibrium, the expected turnout exceeds the participation quorum only...
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Party-related primacy effects in proportional representation systems : evidence from a natural experiment in Polish local elections
Flis, Jarosław; Kaminski, Marek - In: Public choice 190 (2022) 3/4, pp. 345-363
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The retrenchment hypothesis and the extension of the Franchise in England and Wales
Aidt, Toke; Daunton, Martin J.; Dutta, Jayasri - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850882
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The impact of ballot access restrictions on electoral competition : evidence from a natural experiment
Drometer, Marcus; Rincke, Johannes - 2008
Measuring the effect of ballot access restrictions on electoral competition is complicated because the stringency of ballot access regulations cannot be treated as being exogenous to candidates' entry decisions. This paper exploits the 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down Ohio's...
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Laboratories of Democracy Reform : State Constitutions and Partisan Gerrymandering
Wang, Samuel - 2020
Despite multiple opportunities to address the issue, the Supreme Court has declined to take action on partisan gerrymandering. Here we argue that the Court has successfully laid out several intellectual paths toward effective regulation - but that the best route for applying such reasoning goes...
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Universal, Unequal Suffrage : Authoritarian Vote-Seat Malapportionment in the 1907 Austrian Electoral Reform
Thomson, Henry - 2015
share of the population. Analyzing the introduction of universal male suffrage in Austria in 1907, I show that this reform … along an urban-rural cleavage. Instead, reform resulted in an electoral system which perpetuated the under-representation of … urban Polish elites. This solved the regime’s problem of controlling urban unrest by satisfying demands for electoral reform …
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Games prisoners do not play : against the Hobbes-Zimbardo approach of unmitigated prison violence
Kaminski, Marek - In: Journal of institutional economics 18 (2022) 3, pp. 483-500
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Attitudes to income inequality as an element of social capital
Markowska-Przybyła, Urszula; Ramsey, David - In: Argumenta oeconomica 42 (2019) 1, pp. 379-408
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Melde- und Wahlrecht bei multilokaler Lebensführung
Kramer, Malte - In: Multilokale Lebensführungen und räumliche …, (pp. 190-195). 2020
Der Beitrag befasst sich mit den rechtlichen Auswirkungen multilokaler Lebensführung auf das Melde- und Wahlrecht. Das … mit diesem in Berührung kommen. Das Wahlrecht orientiert sich für die Frage des (aktiven) Wahlrechts am Wohnort und dem …
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Wahlrechtliche Anpassungsbedarfe aus Erfahrungen der Bundestagswahl 2021
Thiel, Georg - In: WISTA - Wirtschaft und Statistik 74 (2022) 6, pp. 79-89
Der Beitrag beschreibt, wie Wahlrechtsnovellierungen als Teil einer gelebten Demokratie durch stets neu gewonnene Erfahrungswerte einem regelmäßigen Wandel unterliegen. Im Fokus stehen hierbei aus Erfahrungen der Bundestagswahl 2021 gewonnene Anpassungsvorschläge, die das aktuell geltende...
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