cultivation of genetically modified (GM) plants within Switzerland. The present study examines how individual voting decisions … regular voter survey undertaken after national-level voting decisions in Switzerland. Among the socioeconomic characteristics …

cultivation of genetically modified (GM) plants within Switzerland. The present study examines how individual voting decisions … regular voter survey undertaken after national-level voting decisions in Switzerland. Among the socioeconomic characteristics … industrial interests in crop biotechnology are less pronounced. -- Externalities ; genetically modified organisms (GMO) ; public …

technologies that increase investor diversification or enable pass-through voting have important implications for these trade …

private information truthfully before voting takes place. Depending on the distance between two feasible public good levels …, the optimal mechanism involves either one or two voting rounds. We show that procedural efficiency cannot be achieved by … communication among all citizens prior to voting. Finally, we outline several applications of the mechanism. …

externalities. We consider three instruments: a rule, that sets an upper limit to the activity which produces the negative …

private information truthfully before voting takes place. Depending on the distance between two feasible public good levels …, the optimal mechanism involves either one or two voting rounds. We show that procedural efficiency cannot be achieved by … communication among all citizens prior to voting. Finally, we outline several applications of the mechanism. …

. Conversely, we show that standard democratic mechanisms with an arbitrary number of voting rounds but no experimentation do not …

. Conversely, we show that standard democratic mechanisms with an arbitrary number of voting rounds but no experimentation do not …

European Union and national policies in support of rural areas as they internalize positive agricultural externalities …

taxation, commodity taxation, tax expenditures, externalities, public goods, capital income and wealth taxation, social …