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Mattos, Enlinson; França, Vitor - In: Public Choice 146 (2011) 1, pp. 43-73

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The impact of ballot access restrictions on electoral competition: evidence from a natural experiment

Drometer, Marcus; Rincke, Johannes - In: Public Choice 138 (2009) 3, pp. 461-474

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Do constitutions matter? Evidence from a natural experiment at the municipality level

Ade, Florian - In: Public Choice 160 (2014) 3, pp. 367-389

This paper asks if it does matter for taxes and government spending whether the mayor is elected (and recalled) by direct election or by the municipal council. It thus contributes to the economic literature on the impact of constitutions on economic outcomes. The effects are identified based on...

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Mobilization, cost of voting and turnout: a natural randomized experiment with double elections

Fauvelle-Aymar, Christine; François, Abel - In: Public Choice 162 (2015) 1, pp. 183-199

This article uses a peculiarity of French local elections to test the influence of mobilization factors and the cost of voting on electoral turnout. At local elections, half of the constituencies have to vote in a single election (regional elections), whereas the other half cast two ballots (a...

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What explains attitudes across US trade policies?

Hoffman, Michael - In: Public Choice 138 (2009) 3, pp. 447-460

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Condorcet Polling

Potthoff, Richard - In: Public Choice 148 (2011) 1, pp. 67-86

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Immigration, redistribution, and universal suffrage

Magni-Berton, Raul - In: Public Choice 160 (2014) 3, pp. 391-409

The effect of immigration on redistribution has been widely debated. This paper contributes to this debate by testing two explanations, which are that (i) immigration tends to reduce redistribution due to people’s higher levels of xenophobia, and that (ii) immigration affects redistribution...

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Disentangling the direct and indirect effects of the initiative process

Matsusaka, John - In: Public Choice 160 (2014) 3, pp. 345-366

Voter initiatives are important for policy making in many countries. While much research shows that the initiative process affects policy choices, almost no evidence explains how the initiative process affects policy. Initiatives might change policy directly through voters approving laws that...

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Extremism, suicide terror, and authoritarianism

Wintrobe, Ronald - In: Public Choice 128 (2006) 1, pp. 169-195

terror. So democracy is indeed part of the solution to the problem of suicide terrorism. Copyright Springer Science …

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Appeasing nihilists? Some economic thoughts on reducing terrorist activity

Schnellenbach, Jan - In: Public Choice 129 (2006) 3, pp. 301-313

Recent contributions to the economics of terrorism have given contradicting recommendations for campaigning against … terrorism, from the proposal to deprive terrorists of their resources to the proposal of raising the opportunity costs of … terrorism by increasing the wealth of the affected regions. Within a simple framework which differentiates between the decision …

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