Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the antecedents and consequences of an international tourist phenomenon known as the culture cushion. Design/methodology/approach – Using surveys, participants considered a specific international consumption experience and responded to...

The basic idea behind this paper is that voters have to be able to distinguish the positions of the parties. Following Weber’s Law this depends on the relative distance with respect to their own optimal position. Using such a measure a model of voter participation is developed which allows for...