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Correlates and Determinants of Direct Democracy

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Explaining constitutional change : the case of judicial independence

Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2012

This paper studies the factors driving changes in judicial independence (JI) as incorporated in constitutions. Two indicators of constitutionally safeguarded JI are constructed. Variations in these indicators are identified based on changes in the constitutions of as many as 100 countries that...

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Fiscal equalisation : principles and an application to the European Union

Hayo, Bernd; Wrede, Matthias - 2001

The paper derives a normative model for partial fiscal equalisation based on a number of axioms and makes special allowance for the existence of a specific fiscal need in the jurisdictions. A simple version of this idealised equalisation scheme relates net contributions to the equalisation funds...

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Fiscal equalisation : principles and an application to the European Union

Hayo, Bernd; Wrede, Matthias - 2003

The paper derives a normative model for partial fiscal equalisation based on a number of axioms and allows for the existence of a specific fiscal need in the jurisdictions. The theoretical model is then empirically tested for the case of the European Union using data from 1986-97. It is found...

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