positions. The dataset includes the voting behavior of 257 MPs in 218 roll-call votes. Our results do not show that parties … account for the voting behavior by punishing politicians who have voted against the party line. Political parties may attract … different groups of voters by tolerating politicians who vote according to their own credo. Qualities other than the voting …

positions. The dataset includes the voting behavior of 257 MPs in 218 roll-call votes. Our results do not show that parties … account for the voting behavior by punishing politicians who have voted against the party line. Political parties may attract … different groups of voters by tolerating politicians who vote according to their own credo. Qualities other than the voting …

men or women. The impact of education on religiosity and voting preference is not working through migration, residential …

migration and trade and their effects on unemployment (chapter 5), and the dynamics of democracy and income chapter 6). …

This paper studies correlates and determinants of direct democracy institutions (DDIs), such as referendums and …

This paper studies correlates and determinants of direct democracy institutions (DDIs), such as referendums and …

reading of the literature suggests that formal exclusion from the political process through restrictions on voting franchise … between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …

democracy (via initiatives and referenda) and of federal structure (local autonomy) systematically and sizeably raise self …