Direct democracy is designed to better align public resource allocation decisions with citizen preferences. Using a … also found to improve public satisfaction, whereas elite domination of allocation processes has a negative effect. The … results indicate that the use of direct democracy in public resource allocation results in more legitimate outcomes than those …

Direct democracy is designed to better align public resource allocation decisions with citizen preferences. Using a … also found to improve public satisfaction, whereas elite domination of allocation processes has a negative effect. The … results indicate that the use of direct democracy in public resource allocation results in more legitimate outcomes than those …

Direct democracy is designed to better align policy outcomes with citizen preferences. To test this proposition, we … randomized whether 250 villages across Afghanistan selected projects by secret-ballot referenda or by consultation meetings. We …