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Participation and voting behavior in a direct democracy : a structural model of migration policy in Switzerland

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Voter preferences, direct democracy and government spending

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Explaining Correct Voting in Swiss Direct Democracy

Nai, Alessandro - 2009

The quality of a political system, and especially of a direct-democratic one, lies in the quality of the decisions citizens take. As some authors argue, this can be measured through the overall presence of "correct voting", namely the fact that even uninformed citizens can mimic the choice of...

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What does it take to sell environmental policy? An empirical analysis of referendum data

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Do institutions of direct democracy tame the Leviathan? : Swiss evidence on the structure of expenditure for public education

Fischer, Justina A. V. (contributor) - 2005

.S. and Switzerland has raised the question of what its transmission channels are. For the U.S., an increase in the ratio of … administration. For Switzerland, using a cross-sectional time-series panel of sub-federal school expenditure and size of classes, no … public goods for Switzerland have been found. …

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Do institutions of direct democracy tame the Leviathan? : Swiss evidence on the structure of expenditure for public education

Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2005

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What does it take to sell environmental policy? : an empirical analysis of referendum data

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-votes do not seem to depend on whether a proposal involves a tax or not. -- direct democracy ; environmental policy ; public …

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What Does it Take to Sell Environmental Policy? An Empirical Analysis of Referendum Data

Halbheer, Daniel - 2012

We analyze the factors that influence the support for environmental policy proposals. Swiss referendum data show that proposals obtain more yes-votes if they do not restrict consumption possibilities directly, if they are endorsed by business associations, if environmental preferences are strong...

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Policy choices in assembly versus representative democracy : evidence from Swiss communes

Funk, Patricia; Litschig, Stephan - In: Journal of public economics 182 (2020), pp. 1-14

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