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The impact of direct democracy on public education : evidence for Swiss students in reading, mathematics and natural science

Fischer, Justina A. V. (contributor) - 2007

of student achievement, which is shown to be linked to educational spending. -- Direct democracy ; public finance …

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The effect of direct democratic institutions on income redistribution : evidence from Switzerland

Feld, Lars P. (contributor); … - 2007 - Revised Version, May 2007

the main focus is on comparison between different forms of representative democracy, the influence of direct democracy on …, we find that direct democracy is particularly associated with lower welfare spending. Moreover, we estimate a model which … a given initial income distribution. -- Income Redistribution ; Direct Democracy ; Referendums ; Initiatives …

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Do institutions of direct democracy tame the Leviathan? : Swiss evidence on the structure of expenditure for public education

Fischer, Justina A. V. (contributor) - 2005

The deleterious impact of institutions of direct legislation on student performance found in studies for both the U.S. and Switzerland has raised the question of what its transmission channels are. For the U.S., an increase in the ratio of administrative to instructional spending and larger...