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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 … 1971, and the other shortly thereafter. I estimate the impact of introducing female voting on the difference in acceptance … population. I provide additional evidence from post-ballot surveys after similar ballots to overcome potential strategic voting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204664
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Does Female Suffrage Increase Public Support for Government Spending? Evidence from Swiss Ballots
Jaronicki, Katharina E. - CESifo - 2013
In this paper, I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar Swiss referendum ballots concerning the federal … 1971, and the other shortly thereafter. I estimate the impact of introducing female voting on the difference in acceptance … population. I provide additional evidence from post-ballot surveys after similar ballots to overcome potential strategic voting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711143
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Does female suffrage increase public support for government spending? : evidence from Swiss ballots ; conference paper
Hofer, Katharina E. - 2013 - Work in progress
experiment from Switzerland, I test this hypothesis empirically. I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar referendum … are conducted for voters and non-voters and confirm that the results extend to the non-voting population. My results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339969
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Does Female Suffrage Increase Public Support for Government Spending? Evidence from Swiss Ballots
Hofer, Katharina E. - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2015
treatment effect of being female on support for government spending, by analyzing the voting outcomes of two similar Swiss … on municipal voting data, I relate the increase in the electorate to the difference in acceptance rates for the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123778
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Does female suffrage increase public support for government spending? : evidence from Swiss ballots
Hofer, Katharina E. - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289221
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Information, Polarization and Delegation in Democracy
Schultz, Christian - 2003
This paper investigates the merits of different democratic institutions when politics is uni-dimensional, there is uncertainty both about the preferences of the future electorate and the future polarization of political parties, and politicians have better information about the state of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315966
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Information, Polarization and Delegation in Democracy
Schultz, Christian - CESifo - 2003
This paper investigates the merits of different democratic institutions when politics is uni-dimensional, there is uncertainty both about the preferences of the future electorate and the future polarization of political parties, and politicians have better information about the state of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094160
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Information, polarization and delegation in democracy
Schultz, Christian - 2003
This paper investigates the merits of different democratic institutions when politics is uni-dimensional, there is uncertainty both about the preferences of the future electorate and the future polarization of political parties, and politicians have better information about the state of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404317
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The Role of Direct Democracy and Federalism in Local Power
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2004
Alienation to politics weakens political competition and can undermine the acceptance and legitimacy of democracy as a political system. Governance and representation problems at the local level cause part of citizens' lack of power and political alienation. Citizens have local power if they can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168195
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The Role of Direct Democracy and Federalism in Local Power
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004
Alienation to politics weakens political competition and can undermine the acceptance and legitimacy of democracy as a political system. Governance and representation problems at the local level cause part of citizens? lack of power and political alienation. Citizens have local power if they can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005673548