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Rain, Emotions and Voting for the Status Quo
Meier, Armando N.; Schmid, Lukas D.; Stutzer, Alois - 2016
Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by rain and analyze data on more than 400 ballot propositions in Switzerland for the years 1958 to 2014 to address this question. The empirical tests are based on administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584665
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Rain, emotions and voting for the status quo
Meier, Armando N.; Schmid, Lukas; Stutzer, Alois - 2019
Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by rain and analyze data on more than 870,000 municipal vote outcomes in Switzerland to address this question. The empirical tests are based on administrative ballot outcomes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140915
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Rain, emotions and voting for the status quo
Meier, Armando N.; Schmid, Lukas; Stutzer, Alois - 2019
Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by rain and analyze data on more than 870,000 municipal vote outcomes in Switzerland to address this question. The empirical tests are based on administrative ballot outcomes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061871
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Rain, emotions and voting for the status quo
Meier, Armando N.; Schmid, Lukas; Stutzer, Alois - 2016
Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by rain and analyze data on more than 400 ballot propositions in Switzerland for the years 1958 to 2014 to address this question. The empirical tests are based on administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580862
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The Impact of Postal Voting on Participation
Luechinger, Simon; Rosinger, Myra; Stutzer, Alois - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel - 2006
to re-engage voters. In this paper, we test whether thecost reductions with postal voting increase turnout. The empirical … voting on turnout, independent of time,issue and canton specific effects. The estimated average effect on turnout is roughly …Many countries are forging ahead with convenient balloting methods, in particularelectronic and postal voting, in order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025034
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The Impact of Postal Voting on Participation: Evidence for Switzerland
Luechinger, Simon; Rosinger, Myra; Stutzer, Alois - 2006
order to re-engage voters. In this paper, we test whether the cost reductions with postal voting increase turnout. The … impact of postal voting on turnout, independent of time, issue and canton specific effects. The estimated average effect on …Many countries are forging ahead with convenient balloting methods, in particular electronic and postal voting, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390600
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Overstrained Citizens? The Number of Ballot Propositions and the Quality of the Decision Process in Direct Democracy
Stutzer, Alois; Baltensperger, Michael; Meier, Armando N. - 2019
in citizens' knowledge, voting behavior, and attitudes toward democracy. Using three comprehensive data sets from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059129
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The Impact of Postal Voting on Participation, Evidence for Switzerland
Luechinger, Simon; Rosinger, Myra; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2006
order to re-engage voters. In this paper, we test whether the cost reductions with postal voting increase turnout. The … impact of postal voting on turnout, independent of time, issue and canton specific effects. The estimated average effect on …Many countries are forging ahead with convenient balloting methods, in particular electronic and postal voting, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040823
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Overstrained citizens? The number of ballot propositions and the quality of the decision process in direct democracy
Stutzer, Alois; Baltensperger, Michael; Meier, Armando N. - 2018
in citizens' knowledge, voting behavior, and attitudes toward democracy. Using three comprehensive data sets from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140898
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The Impact of Postal Voting on Participation: Evidence for Switzerland
Stutzer, Alois; Luechinger, Simon; Rosinger, Myra - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum <Basel>; Institut … - 2006
to re-engage voters. In this paper, we test whether thecost reductions with postal voting increase turnout. The empirical … voting on turnout, independent of time,issue and canton specific effects. The estimated average effect on turnout is roughly …Many countries are forging ahead with convenient balloting methods, in particularelectronic and postal voting, in order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867927