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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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The generation gap in direct democracy
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Maennig, Wolfgang; Müller, Steffen - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012040159
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Direct democracy : chances and challenges
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2015 - Extended written version, May 2015
not if only occasional single questions are brought to a referendum. Then, the relation between direct democracy and the … the functioning of direct democracy. As a political system it only makes sense if there exists a continuous process and … points that should be observed to safeguard the well-functioning of direct democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528966
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Direct democracy and trade union action
Erne, Roland; Blaser, Markus - In: Transfer : European review of labour and research ; … 24 (2018) 2, pp. 217-232
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011866559
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The generation gap in direct democracy
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Maennig, Wolfgang; Mueller, Steffen Q. - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883816
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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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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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Collective action problems and direct democracy : an analysis of Georgia's 2010 trauma care funding amendment
Hall, Joshua C.; Horpedahl, Jeremy; Stephenson, E. Frank - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 2, pp. 1-9
voter support for the referendum across counties and finds (1) that counties located near trauma centers in neighboring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012505257
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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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Direct democracy : chances and challenges
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289251