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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
We study how the number of ballot propositions affects the quality of decision making in direct democracy, as reflected … in citizens' knowledge, voting behavior, and attitudes toward democracy. Using three comprehensive data sets from … impedes the quality of decision making in direct democracy. For instance, a higher number of propositions does not lead more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926637
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Securing personal freedom through institutions : the role of electoral democracy and judicial independence
Berggren, Niclas; Gutmann, Jerg - 2019
freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian tendencies rule, suggest that electoral democracy may not be the … provide a firmer foundation. We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995261
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The Economic Analysis of Populism. A Selective Review of the Literature
Ocampo, Emilio - 2019
Economic analysis is essential to the understanding of the rise and fall of populism. The conceptual and analytical … framework of economics to the study of populism is still in its infancy, but great advances have been made in recent years. This … paper reviews some key contributions behind this progress. When analyzing populism, economists face two methodological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012866469
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Complex ballot propositions, individual voting behavior, and status quo bias
Hessami, Zohal; Resnjanskij, Sven - 2018
One concern about direct democracy is that citizens may not be sufficiently competent to decide about complex policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011922007
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Securing personal freedom through institutions : the role of electoral democracy and judicial independence
Berggren, Niclas; Gutmann, Jerg - 2019
freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian tendencies rule, suggest that electoral democracy may not be the … provide a firmer foundation. We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994154
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Public education and pensions in democracy : a political economy theory
Lancia, Francesco; Russo, Alessia - 2015 - This version January 2015
This paper presents a dynamic politico-economic theory of fiscal policy to explain the simultaneous existence of public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467773
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Good policy choices even when voters entertain biased beliefs : a model with endogenous valence
Bischoff, Ivo; Siemers, Lars - 2008
voting. In so doing, we provide an investigation of when good policies are chosen in democracy. Based on our findings, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003865948
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Factor Endowments, Democracy and Trade Policy Divergence
Galiani, Sebastian; Schofield, Norman; Torrens, Gustavo - 2011
We develop a stochastic model of electoral competition in order to study the economic and political determinants of trade policy. We model a small open economy with two tradable goods, each of which is produced using a sector specific factor (e.g., land and capital) and another factor that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199348
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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
We study how the number of ballot propositions affects the quality of decision making in direct democracy, as reflected … in citizens' knowledge, voting behavior, and attitudes toward democracy. Using three comprehensive data sets from … federal direct democracy. In the medium to longer term, more federal propositions on the ballot rather relate to higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022702
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The political economy of attention and electoral accountability
Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2024
In this survey, we investigate the general mechanisms underlying the political economy of attention and review their empirical relevance, in particular for electoral accountability. The focus is on exogenous or stimulus-driven attention that political actors try to win or divert when pursuing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015066329