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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011592931
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The Indirect Effects of Direct Democracy : Local Government Size and Non-Budgetary Voter Initiatives
Asatryan, Zareh - 2014
excluded from the voters' right of the initiative? I study this question by extending the analysis to German direct democracy … 2009, I show that in this sample - and in contrast to the Swiss and US evidence - direct democracy causes an expansion of … their propensity towards exploiting their direct democracy rights and their preferences for local public policies. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060353
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Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism
Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Grigoriadis, … - 2013
from Switzerland and the US - direct democracy causes an expansion of local government budgets. … 1995 to study the fiscal effects of direct democracy. In the first part of the paper, we establish the relationship between …-in-discontinuity (DiD) design. By studying direct legislation in an archetypical cooperative federation as Germany, our paper extends the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009762810
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427600
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Young versus old politicians in local politics
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal; Schirner, Sebastian - 2024
Do young politicians prioritize other types of municipal spending than old politicians? We study this question using hand-collected candidate-level data on municipal elections (1996-2020), along with detailed administrative data on municipal spending in Bavaria. Our identification strategy makes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014535218
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Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances Under Cooperative Federalism
Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Grigoriadis, … - 2013
from Switzerland and the US – direct democracy causes an expansion of local government budgets … 1995 to study the fiscal effects of direct democracy. In the first part of the paper, we establish the relationship between …-in-discontinuity (DiD) design. By studying direct legislation in an archetypical cooperative federation as Germany, our paper extends the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156587
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How to tame two Leviathans? : revisiting the effect of direct democracy on local public expenditure
Galletta, Sergio; Jametti, Mario - 2012
We explore how the vertical structure of direct democracy in a federal context affects expenditure decisions of sub … of direct democracy. This allows us to take into account vertical differences between institutions, i.e. we can … distinguish the effect of state direct democracy on local expenditures for municipalities with and without own direct democratic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665388
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The indirect effects of direct democracy: Local government size and non-budgetary voter initiatives
Asatryan, Zareh - 2014
excluded from the voters' right of the initiative? I study this question by extending the analysis to German direct democracy … 2009, I show that in this sample and in contrast to the Swiss and US evidence direct democracy causes an expansion of local … towards exploiting their direct democracy rights and their preferences for local public policies. To address this issue I use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329225
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The indirect effects of direct democracy: Local government size and non-budgetary voter initiatives
Asatryan, Zareh - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
excluded from the voters' right of the initiative? I study this question by extending the analysis to German direct democracy … 2009, I show that in this sample and in contrast to the Swiss and US evidence direct democracy causes an expansion of local … towards exploiting their direct democracy rights and their preferences for local public policies. To address this issue I use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957753
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Does female suffrage increase public support for government spending? : evidence from Swiss ballots
Hofer, Katharina E. - 2013
In this paper, I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar Swiss referendum ballots concerning the federal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204664