The Impact of Voter Initiatives on Economic Activity.

This paper investigates the implications of how states with initiative systems of legislation can use this more direct form of democracy to improve productive resource allocation by their goverments. We construct a simple growth model whereby we can identify this channel through which initiatives play an important role in determining economic activity.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Blomberg, S.B. ; Hess, G.D.
Institutions:	Department of Economics, Wellesley College
Subject:	ECONOMIC GROWTH \| TAXATION \| VOTING

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Series:	Wellesley College - Department of Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	19 pages
Classification:	H1 - Structure and Scope of Government ; H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies ; H8 - Miscellaneous Issues
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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