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Partisan Campaigning and Initiative Petition Signing in Direct Democracies
Hofer, Katharina E. - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 153 (2017) 3, pp. 261-291
This paper investigates whether popular initiatives signed by a larger share of the population have higher acceptance … rates at the subsequent vote. The main analysis is based on all Swiss federal initiatives voted between 1978 and 2000 with a …
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The Impact Of Voter Initiatives On Economic Activity
Blomberg, S. Brock; Hess, Gregory D.; Weerapana, Akila - 2001
Recent studies have claimed that states with initiatives systems of legislation use this more direct from of democracy … to improve productive resource allocation. This paper compares the economic performance of states with initiatives to … states that do not have initiatives. We first construct a simple growth model to identify the channel through which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263259
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Sustainable fiscal policy in a federal system: Switzerland as an example
Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2004
How a sustainable fiscal policy can be performed in a federal system is not only a Swiss problem but is also discussed in other federal countries like Germany and Austria, and in the European Union. Contrary to most other countries, the Swiss fiscal system is characterised by an extensive fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265714
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The role of direct democracy in the European Union
Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2004
In this paper, the introduction of direct-democratic decision-making in all EU decisions is considered when it is feasible without prohibitively increasing decision-making costs. We start with the contractarian argument that each constitution is a contract joining the citizens of a state and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265758
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HIV-inclusive and -sensitive cash transfer initiatives: Evidence from high-prevalence countries in Eastern and Southern Africa
de Arruda, Pedro Lara - 2019
There is growing consensus that the tools and knowledge exist to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030. To reach this goal, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has established the 90-90-90 strategy, which aims to ensure that by 2020, 90 per cent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268470
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Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare in India
Bajpai, Nirupam; Wadhwa, Manisha - 2021
focused solely on AI. However, recently, Government of India has taken various initiatives related to AI such as establishment …'s state governments have also taken few initiatives, such as establishment of Centre of Excellence for Data Science and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012818694
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Correlates and determinants of direct democracy
Blume, Lorenz; Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2015
initiatives, based on the premise that constitutions themselves are endogenous. Our sample covers as many as 132 countries from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464636
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Budget Referendums and Government Spending: Evidence from Swiss
Feld, Lars P.; Matsusaka, John G. - 2000
New government spending must be approved by a referendum of citizens in many Swiss cantons. This decisionmaking procedure seems like a simple way to address citizen-legislator agency problems, but little systematic evidence is available concerning its effect on spending outcomes. We estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010314994
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The Role of Direct Democracy in the European Union
Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2003
In this paper, the introduction of direct-democratic decision-making in all EU decisions is considered when it is feasible without prohibitively increasing decision-making costs. We start with the contractarian argument that each constitution is a contract joining the citizens of a state and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315843
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The effect of direct democratic institutions on income redistribution: Evidence from Switzerland
Feld, Lars P.; Fischer, Justina A. V.; Kirchgässner, … - 2007
There is an intensive dispute in political economics about the impact of institutions on income redistribution. While the main focus is on comparison between different forms of representative democracy, the influence of direct democracy on redistribution has attracted much less attention. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281201