In this paper, I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar Swiss referendum ballots concerning the federal … governmentś competency to levy income, capital and turnover taxes to find out how the enfranchisement of women influences public … support for government spending. The first ballot took place shortly before the extension of suffrage to women in February …

analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar Swiss referendum ballots concerning the federal government's competency to …How does the enfranchisement of women influence public support for government spending? To answer this question, I … levy income, capital and turnover taxes. The first ballot took place shortly before the extension of suffrage to women in …

In this paper, I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar Swiss referendum ballots concerning the federal … government's competency to levy income, capital and turnover taxes to find out how the enfranchisement of women influences public … support for government spending. The first ballot took place shortly before the extension of suffrage to women in February …

Switzerland, we test this hypothesis empirically. We analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar referendum ballots concerning … extending the suffrage to women should increase the approval for government spending. By utilizing a natural experiment from … before the extension of suffrage to women in February 1971, and the other thereafter. To shed light on gender differences in …

We test whether the proactive use of instruments of direct democracy by voters can help to explain fiscal …

a large-scale shock to the composition of the electorate - the introduction of female suffrage in Switzerland in 1971 …