Broadening democracy by lowering the voting age is on the political agenda in many democratic societies. Previous … democracy and affects citizens' willingness to lower the voting age. Moreover, we find systematic price reactions of present … referendums on lowering the voting age from 20 to 18. We focus on the role of institutional price variations by (i) the depth of …

several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right candidates in … no robust effect on far-left voting. The increased support for far-right candidates is driven by low educated immigrants …

creating these institutions. I build a model of direct democracy that explains why a representative might benefit from tying … that some politicians benefit from the introduction of direct democracy, since they are more likely to survive … representative elections: direct democracy credibly prevents politicians from realising extreme outcomes. Historical evidence from …

Group-based identity undermines democracy by impeding democratic change of government. A substantial literature has … therefore studied how to make democracy consistent with group identity. We contribute to this literature by introducing the role … of group decisiveness into voting incentives and mobilization of voters. In the elections that we study, for the same …

Group-based identity undermines democracy by impeding democratic change of government. A substantial literature has … therefore studied how to make democracy consistent with group identity. We contribute to this literature by introducing the role … of group decisiveness into voting incentives and mobilization of voters. In the elections that we study, for the same …