To assess the likely effects of population ageing on the outcomes of direct democracy, we analyze the effect of age on …

Does democracy promote economic development? This paper reviews recent attempts to address this question that exploited … explain why presidential democracy leads to faster growth than parliamentary democracy. Third, it is important to distinguish … growth effect of democracy. …

regressions show that under divided government a US state is around 25% more likely to adopt a welfare reform than under unified …

We explore how the vertical structure of direct democracy in a federal context affects expenditure decisions of sub … of direct democracy. This allows us to take into account vertical differences between institutions, i.e. we can … distinguish the effect of state direct democracy on local expenditures for municipalities with and without own direct democratic …

Democracy usually is identified by the right to vote. However, in recent times voting procedures have been criticized … process. We suggest invigorating an old but nearly forgotten procedure to overcome this deficit: Aleatoric Democracy based on … considered. Persons and ideas, being so far disregarded, are taken into account. Democracy becomes vivid and creative, and does …