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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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Après nous le déluge? : direct democracy and intergenerational conflicts in aging societies
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Maennig, Wolfgang; Steenbeck, Malte - 2016 - Version: January 2016
To assess the likely effects of population ageing on the outcomes of direct democracy, we analyze the effect of age on … study of the Stuttgart 21 referendum on one of the largest infrastructure projects in Germany. The evidence suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428873
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Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
Principal-agent problems can arise when preferences of voters are not aligned with preferences of political representatives. Often the consequence of the political principal-agent problem is political catering to special interests. In this paper I provide examples of principal-agent problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765038
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Après nous le déluge? : direct democracy and intergenerational conflicts in ageing societies
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Maennig, Wolfgang; Steenbeck, Malte - 2016 - Version: January 2016
To assess the likely effects of population ageing on the outcomes of direct democracy, we analyze the effect of age on … study of the Stuttgart 21 referendum on one of the largest infrastructure projects in Germany. The evi-dence suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434471
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Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
Principal-agent problems can arise when preferences of voters are not aligned with preferences of political representatives. Often the consequence of the political principalagent problem is political catering to special interests. In this paper I provide examples of principal-agent problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010188873
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The puzzle of double referendums in the European Union
Atikcan, Ece Özlem - In: Journal of common market studies : JCMS 53 (2015) 5, pp. 937-956
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392421
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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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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/10010229890
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Voter preferences, direct democracy and government spending
Funk, Patricia; Gathmann, Christina - In: European journal of political economy 32 (2013), pp. 300-319
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230681
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Campaigning in direct democracies : initiative petition signing, voter turnout, and acceptance
Hofer, Katharina E. - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244862