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The indirect effects of direct democracy : local government size and non-budgetary voter initiatives in Germany

Asatryan, Zareh - In: International tax and public finance 23 (2016) 3, pp. 580-601

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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

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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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Ok Computer? The Ambivalent Effect of Internet Exposure on Political Engagement in Swiss Direct Democratic Votes

Wueest, Bruno; Traber, Denise - 2014

Drawing on data from 39 surveys of popular votes in Switzerland from 1998 to 201'8 this contribution shows that …

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Are Voters Better Informed When They Have a Larger Say in Politics? Evidence for the European Union and Switzerland

Benz, Matthias; Stutzer, Alois - 2004

survey data from the European Union and Switzerland, we present empirical evidence that citizens are politically better …

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Disciplining ballots? : (un-intended) effects of voter engagement on the fiscal sustainability of Swiss cantons

Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2023

We test whether the proactive use of instruments of direct democracy by voters can help to explain fiscal …

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Affective partisan polarization and citizens' attitudes and behavior in Swiss democracy

Jansen, Benjamin; Stutzer, Alois - 2024

other. We examine this affective polarization (AP), which is often associated with a weakening of democracy, in the context … of Switzerland's multiparty landscape with proportional governmental representation. Evaluating the long-term development … of AP in Switzerland with both historical and newly gathered data for 2023, we find hardly any considerable change in AP …

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