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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....

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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 …

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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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Initiatives for critical thinking in accounting education

Garcés, Gregorio A. Giraldo - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 5 (2013) 4, pp. 346-358

The purpose of this text is to consider all the factor about the formation of a certified public accountant in the countries which have a capitalist economy and also have common economic and political variables, highlighting the effects of these variables in the professional ethics and critical...

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Audit des capacités de gestion des crises Cadrage, Evaluation, Initiatives

Lagadec, Patrick - HAL - 2009

multiforme et instable dans lequel penser et développer les audits et les initiatives nécessaires : les catastrophes, les …

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Potential Impact of Referenda and Initiatives on Voter Turnout: Evidence from the 1998 General Election

Cebula, Richard; Unemori, Mary - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

effects of “direct democracy” on the voter participation rate. Direct democracy is assumed to take two forms: initiatives and … referendums. This study tests the hypothesis that initiatives and/or referendums may significantly affect voter turnout because …

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Correlates and Determinants of Direct Democracy

Blume, Lorenz; Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2015

initiatives, based on the premise that constitutions themselves are endogenous. Our sample covers as many as 132 countries from …

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GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TOWARD ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Tende, Sam B.A. - In: Global Journal of Business Research 8 (2014) 1, pp. 109-120

Government policies and programs promote entrepreneurship and investing in new ventures. This paper examines various government policies and programs towards the development of entrepreneurship in Nigeria. A random sample of 1,159 beneficiaries of EDP-NDE programs were selected and structured...

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Specificities of EU cluster policies

Obadić, Alka - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 7 (2013) 1, pp. 23-35

approaches in the development of cluster initiatives in the formation of cluster policy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper … analyzes two basic approaches in the development of cluster initiatives in the formation of cluster policy: top‐down and bottom …

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A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Motives and Patterns of Brand Recommendation in Social Media

Kolo, Castulus; Widenhorn, Stefan; Borgstedt, Anna-Lena; … - In: International Journal of Online Marketing (IJOM) 8 (2018) 2, pp. 27-44

diverse motives to do so exhibits patterns being largely consistent in a cross-cultural perspective, however, with differences … “influencers” provide a basis for developing differentiated strategies of brand communication and management respectively. …

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