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Women in construction: the untapped resource
Fielden, Sandra; Davidson, Marilyn; Gale, Andrew; … - In: Construction Management and Economics 18 (2000) 1, pp. 113-121
within the construction industry, and initiatives committed to promoting equality for women and men in construction. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005445769
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On the Effectiveness of Debt Brakes: The Swiss Experience
Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgassner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2006
The Swiss fiscal system is characterised by an extensive fiscal federalism with high fiscal autonomy at all governmental levels, by direct popular rights which include fiscal referenda at the cantonal and local levels, and by particular constitutional and/or statutory fiscal restraints in order...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005536938
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Sustainable Fiscal Policy in a Federal System: Switzerland as an Example
Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgassner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004
How a sustainable fiscal policy can be performed in a federal system is not only a Swiss prob-lem but is also discussed in other federal countries like Germany and Austria, and in the European Union. Contrary to most other countries, the Swiss fiscal system is characterised by an extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005536951
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The Role of Direct Democracy in the European Union
Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2003
In this paper, the introduction of direct-democratic decision-making in all EU decisions is considered when it is feasible without prohibitively increasing decision-making costs. We start with the contractarian argument that each constitution is a contract joining the citizens of a state and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406434
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The Effect of Direct Democratic Institutions on Income Redistribution: Evidence for Switzerland
Feld, Lars P.; Fischer, Justina A.V.; Kirchgaessner, Gebhard - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2007
There is an intensive dispute in political economics about the impact of institutions on income redistribution. While the main focus is on comparison between different forms of representative democracy, the influence of direct democracy on redistribution has attracted much less attention. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649182
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The Role of Direct Democracy in the European Union
Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2004
In this paper, the introduction of direct-democratic decision-making in all EU decisions is considered when it is feasible without prohibitively increasing decision-making costs. We start with the contractarian argument that each constitution is a contract joining the citizens of a state and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652899
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Sustainable Fiscal Policy in a Federal System: Switzerland as an Example
Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2004
How a sustainable fiscal policy can be performed in a federal system is not only a Swiss problem but is also discussed in other federal countries like Germany and Austria, and in the European Union. Contrary to most other countries, the Swiss fiscal system is characterised by an extensive fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652901
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The effect of direct democracy on income redistribution: evidence for Switzerland
Feld, Lars P.; Fischer, Justina A. V.; Kirchgassner, Gebhard - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
There is an intensive dispute in political economics about the impact of institutions on income redistribution. While the main focus is on comparison between different forms of representative democracy, the influence of direct democracy on redistribution has attracted much less attention....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746491
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On the design of citizens’ initiatives in a union of states
Maaser, Nicola - In: Economics Letters 120 (2013) 1, pp. 36-39
The paper studies the design of popular initiatives in unions of states. We analyze the effect of state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010665696
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Campaigning in Direct Democracies: Initiative Petition Signing, Voter Turnout, and Acceptance
Jaronicki, Katharina - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2013
This paper investigates whether petition signing campaigns for popular initiatives constitute a partisan campaigning … cost. The analysis is based on the complete sample of Swiss federal initiatives between 1978 and 2000 with aggregate voting … data at state level. The results suggest that initiatives collecting many signatures yield higher approval rates at the …
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