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Satisfied or bregret? : long-term implications of the Brexit vote on life satisfaction

Maennig, Wolfgang; Rohde, Niklas - 2026

We provide long-run regional evidence on how local support for Brexit is associated with post-referendum life satisfaction. Covering 348 UK local authorities from 2011 to 2022, we find that after the 2016 referendum higher district-level Leave vote shares are associated with relative increases...

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Temperature anomalies and carbon pricing support : evidence from a national referendum

Barrage, Lint; Fredriksson, Gustav - 2026

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Direct democracy and candidate choice : evidence from abortion ballot measures

Gardner, Graham; McCrary, Kayleigh; Spencer, Melissa K. - 2026

Do ballot measures generate spillover effects on voters' choice of candidates? We examine this question by studying 16 abortion ballot measures in the 2022 and 2024 US general elections. Nationwide electoral returns show that the 2022 measures aided Democrats, but the 2024 measures aided...

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A de facto referendum: how proxy advisors set their standards through director elections

Cai, Hong; Shi, Xucheng; Wu, Han - 2026

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Invaren of ingroeien in het nieuwe pensioenstelsel? : voorkeuren van pensioendeelnemers in een referendum

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - 2025

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Federal tax deductions and the demand for local public goods

Ambrose, Brent William; Valentin, Maxence - 2026

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On pendular voting

Gersbach, Hans - 2025

"Pendular Voting" presents a novel two-stage voting procedure: A randomly chosen citizen group votes on a proposal replacing the status quo. Depending on the outcome, a "counterproposal" ensues, that is closer to/further away from the status quo than the original proposal. All citizens vote...

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On pendular voting

Gersbach, Hans - 2025

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Direct or representative democracy? : Co-Voting!

Gersbach, Hans; Mamageishvili, Akaki; Tejada, Oriol - 2026

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A political-economic analysis of Swiss referendums 1848 to 2022 : turnout, acceptance rates and the double-majority threshold

Hosli, Madeleine; Martins Santos, Luiza; Boeree, Henry - 2025

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The evolutionary political economy of dichotomized societies

Almudi, Isabel; Fatas-Villafranca, Francisco; Vazquez, … - 2025

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Estimating the trade-off between higher turnout and a more representative election result

Rienks, Harm; Allers, Maarten A.; Jong-A-Pin, Richard - 2025

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Direct democracy and state government finances

Heim, Rino; Marxer, Benedikt - 2025

This paper examines the causal impact of citizen-initiated ballot measures, defined as initiatives and veto referendums, on state government revenues and expenditures. Across U.S. states, direct democratic institutions have been introduced at different points in time, creating a setting that...

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Direct democracy and political extremism

Schreiner, Nicolas; Stutzer, Alois - 2025

We study how citizens' right to directly decide on policies through popular initiatives affects the attractiveness of extreme candidates in representative elections. In our theoretical framework, single prominent policy issues on which individual voters hold extreme views get a large weight in...

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Does all-mail voting matter for school elections?

Nguyen-Hoang, Phuong; Roy, Joydeep - 2025

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Self-interest or self-defeating? : how the self-employed voted in the EU referendum

Clark, Kenneth; Drinkwater, Stephen J. - 2024

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Voting with their (left and right) feet : are homebuyers' values of neighborhood environmental amenities consistent with their politics?

Lang, Corey; VanCeylona, Jarron - 2025

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Biased forecasts and voting : the Brexit referendum case

Bizzotto, Jacopo; Cipullo, Davide; Reslow, André - 2024 - This version: July 1, 2024

This paper explores whether professional macroeconomic forecasters manipulate their forecasts to influence voting outcomes. We model a referendum in which a voter chooses between two policies. The voter relies on a forecaster to learn about the macroeconomic consequences of the policies. The...

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33. Direct democracy

Matsusaka, John G. - 2025

Direct democracy is any political process by which ordinary citizens make laws directly, without the involvement of elected officials. In practice, the laws are made by voting on ballot propositions, otherwise known as ballot measures, referendums, or plebiscites. Direct democracy has a long...

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Empowering the next generation : the role of direct democracy in youth enfranchisement

Koukal, Anna Maria; Schafer, Patricia; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2024

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Empowering the Next Generation : The Role of Direct Democracy in Youth Enfranchisement

Koukal, Anna; Schafer, Patricia; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2023

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Cost misperception and voting for public goods

Lang, Corey; Wichman, Casey J.; Weir, Michael J.; … - 2025

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What mattered most in the Brexit vote? : evidence from detailed regression and decomposition analysis

Drinkwater, Stephen J.; Blackaby, David; Robinson, Catherine - 2024

The UK's decision to leave the EU continues to have major economic, political and social implications. It is therefore unsurprising that the reasons behind Brexit have been widely discussed. However, whilst existing empirical evidence has tended to focus on specific factors, we undertake a...

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A more conservative country? : asylum seekers and voting in the UK

Fasani, Francesco; Ferro, Simone; Romarri, Alessio; … - 2025

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Visual bias in the brexit referendum : a quantitative analysis of newspaper images

Chung, Wanyu; Dai, Duiyi; Elliott, Robert J. R. - 2025

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Referendum as a policy instrument to enhance energy democracy in formulating energy transition path, agenda, and policies : a case study of Taiwan's referendums in 2018 and 2021

Shyu, Chian-woei - 2024

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Does size really affect turnout? : evidence from Italian municipal amalgamations

Bolgherini, Silvia; Mollisi, Vincenzo - 2024

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Historical self-governance and norms of cooperation

Rustagi, Devesh - 2024

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Historical self-governance and norms of cooperation

Rustagi, Devesh - 2024

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Historical self-governance and norms of cooperation

Rustagi, Devesh - 2024

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Historical self-governance and norms of cooperation

Rustagi, Devesh - 2022

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Canada's "COVID-19 referendum" : voting in the early federal election of 2021

Marchand, Joseph T.; Wang, Yuhan - 2024

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Voter rationality, the use of accounting information and voting behavior : evidence from a referendum

Kuroki, Makoto - 2024

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Voter Rationality, the Use of Accounting Information and Voting Behavior : Evidence From a Referendum

Kuroki, Makoto - 2023

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Volksabstimmung über den Beitritt zum Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) vom 22. September 2024 : Ergebnisse einer Onlineumfrage

Milic, Thomas; Rochat, Philippe E. - 2024

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A better cycle-breaker for Swiss democracy?

Gersbach, Hans; Cadado Noguerales, Rodrigo; Schenk, Samuel - 2024

When a counter-proposal is made to an initiative to change the Swiss constitution, the citizenry makes three binary majority choices: the initiative versus the status quo, the initiative versus the counter-proposal, and the status quo versus the counterproposal as a tie-breaker. If there is a...

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Voter support for bond referenda : does it matter if costs are presented as aggregate vs. personal costs?

Lang, Corey; Pearson-Merkowitz, Shanna; Scott, Zachary - 2024

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An economic topology of the Brexit vote

Rudkin, Simon; Barros, Lucy; Dłotko, Paweł; Qiu, Wanling - 2024

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Implementing direct democracy via representation

Correa-Lopera, Guadalupe - 2024

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Implementing Direct Democracy Via Representation

Correa-Lopera, Guadalupe - 2021

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Community attitudes and Indigenous health disparities : evidence from Australia's voice referendum

Saxby, Karinna; Burchill, Luke; Aitken, Zoe; Zhang, Yuting - 2024

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The voice referendum

Berry, Michael - 2024

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The effects of direct democracy on stock market risk and returns : an event study from Switzerland

Morley, Bruce - 2023

The aim of this study was to determine whether referendums affect stock price risks and returns, using an event study approach. Daily end period data for the Swiss stock market index, the STOXX European market index, and the Swiss/US exchange rate running from the beginning of 2004 to June 2021,...

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The impact of voter turnout on referendum outcomes : evidence from Ireland

Munley, Vincent; Garcia-Rodriguez, Abian; Redmond, Paul - 2023

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Identifying the effect of election closeness on voter turnout : evidence from Swiss referenda

Bursztyn, Leonardo; Cantoni, Davide; Funk, Patricia; … - 2024

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Identifying the Effect of Election Closeness on Voter Turnout : Evidence from Swiss Referenda

Bursztyn, Leonardo - 2017

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Deglobalization and the value of geographic diversification : evidence from Brexit

Tunyi, Abongeh A.; Hussain, Tanveer; Areneke, Geofry - 2024

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Recalls, Referendums, and the Right to Free Elections : Is the ECHR Ready for Direct Democracy?

Fasel, Raffael N. - 2023

Since the Council of Europe’s creation in 1950, the share of member states with direct democratic instruments has leaped from 40% to 87% in 2022. This article asks whether the ECHR can accommodate these instruments under Article 3 of Protocol 1, the primary provision available for such...

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The impact of disaster exposure on the success of open space referenda

Liu, Xian - 2024

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Administrative Capacity in Direct Democracy

Yeargain, Quinn - 2023

The relationship between democracy and regulation is contested. At the federal level, in the absence of a national initiative of referendum process, or democratic control over regulators themselves, we find some democratic accountability in other ways—like the indirect election of the...

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Who supports liberal policies? : a tale of two referendums in Italy

Madio, Leonardo; Principe, Francesco - 2023

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Who Supports Liberal Policies? A Tale of Two Referendums in Italy

Madio, Leonardo; Principe, Francesco - 2023

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A simple twist of fate : an experiment on election uncertainty and democratic institutions

Fatas, Enrique; Restrepo-Plaza, Lina Maria; Banuri, … - 2024

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Business power, right-wing populism, and noisy politics : lessons from Brexit and Swiss referendums

Kinderman, Daniel - 2024

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Political preferences and the spatial distribution of infrastructure : evidence from California's high-speed rail

Fajgelbaum, Pablo D.; Gaubert, Cecile; Gorton, Nicole; … - 2023

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Political preferences and the spatial distribution of infrastructure : evidence from California's high-speed rail

Fajgelbaum, Pablo D.; Gaubert, Cecile; Gorton, Nicole; … - 2023

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Political Preferences and the Spatial Distribution of Infrastructure : Evidence from California's High-Speed Rail

Fajgelbaum, Pablo D.; Gaubert, Cecile; Gorton, Nicole; … - 2023

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Voting behavior in one-shot and iterative multiple referenda

Grandi, Umberto; Lang, Jérôme; Ozkes, Ali; Airiau, … - 2024

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Voting Behavior in One-Shot and Iterative Multiple Referenda

Grandi, Umberto; Lang, Jérôme; Ozkes, Ali; Airiau, … - 2021

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Disciplining ballots? : (un-intended) effects of voter engagement on the fiscal sustainability of Swiss cantons

Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2023

We test whether the proactive use of instruments of direct democracy by voters can help to explain fiscal sustainability of 25 Swiss cantons. Using data of all cantonal popular votes since 1977, our results show that the fiscal reaction of cantonal governments to an increase in the debt to GDP...

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Volkswille – Ideal oder Illusion? : Weshalb Volksentscheide undemokratisch werden können

Adam, Rudolf G. - 2024

Wenn das Volk entscheidet - wer ist dann das Volk? -- Volksentscheide zwischen demokratischem Anspruch und totalitärer Gefährdung -- Schlussfolgerungen -- Referenden als Vertrauensbeweis für die jeweilige Regierung.

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Iraqi Kurdistan region : from paradiplomacy to protodiplomacy

Ababakr, Yasin Mahmood - 2023

Purpose - This paper aims to examine the secessionist orientation of Kurdistan Region's paradiplomacy in the context of two main variables: the internal structural variables in Iraq after 2003 and the nationalism variable. Design/methodology/approach - This study relies on the theory of...

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