Search Results - subject_exact:"Referendum"

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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On pendular voting

Gersbach, Hans - 2025

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

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

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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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Misinformedness about the European Union and the preference to vote to leave or remain

Partheymüller, Julia; Kritzinger, Sylvia; Plescia, Carolina - 2022

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Voting on urban land development

Wrede, Matthias - 2022

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Voting on urban land development

Wrede, Matthias - 2021

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Voting on Urban Land Development

Wrede, Matthias - 2019

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Voting on urban land development

Wrede, Matthias - 2019 - This version: December 2019

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Politicians' personal legacies from olympic bids and referenda : an analysis of individual risks and opportunities

Könecke, Thomas; Nooij, Michiel de - 2022

The popularity of staging Olympic Games has dropped in democratic countries as a series of failed referenda and withdrawn bids as well as protests against mega sport events have shown in recent years. Nevertheless, the there still are democratically elected office-holders willing to become...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The economics of the name change : long-term adjustments towards EU/NATO or short-term resolution of political uncertainty?

Srbinoski, Bojan; Poposki, Klime; Dencic-Mihajlov, Ksenija - 2021

North Macedonia and Greece resolved the 27-year country name dispute and removed the main hurdle for North Macedonia to start the accession processes towards the EU and NATO. The paper analyzes the stock market movements around several events related to the name issue resolution to uncover...

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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 - 2021

In 2010, Georgians voted on a proposed constitutional amendment that would have increased motor vehicle licensing fees by USD 10 with the proceeds dedicated to maintaining and expanding the state's trauma care centers. This paper examines voter support for the referendum across counties and...

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Politics of discontent in Spain : the case of Vox and the Catalonian independence movement

Gomez Arana, Arantza - 2021

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Institutional shocks and migration adjustment : evidence from the Syrian crisis and Brexit's referendum and implementation

Razin, Asaf - 2026

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To fight or to vote: Sovereignty referendums as strategies in conflicts over self-determination

Kelle, Friederike Luise; Sienknecht, Mitja - 2020

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To fight or to vote : sovereignty referendums as strategies in conflicts over self-determination

Kelle, Friederike Luise; Sienknecht, Mitja - 2020

Subnational groups employ a variety of strategies to contest governments. While democratic states offer a broader array of accessible options, autocratic regimes are more difficult to contest via conventional means. Why do subnational groups stage sovereignty referendums across regime types? Our...

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Iraqi Kurdistan region: From paradiplomacy to protodiplomacy

Ababakr, Yasin Mahmood - 2023

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Iraqi Kurdistan region : from paradiplomacy to protodiplomacy

Ababakr, Yasin Mahmood - 2023

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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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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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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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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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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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A bad break-up? : assessing the effects of the 2016 Brexit referendum on migration

Clifton-Sprigg, Joanna; Homburg, Ines; James, Jonathan G.; … - 2023

By voting to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) set off a long period of uncertainty and signalled its support for the Leave campaigns, which centred around restricting migration. This paper researches how this decision affected EU-UK migration patterns. We exploit...

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Referendum Poll System A Blockchain Based Solution for Direct Democracy

Mondal, Sonu; Rana, Rohit; Pawar, Lina; Vishwakarma, … - 2023

The project, ”Referendum Poll System,” aims to enforce referendums and enable people to express their opin- ions directly, re-engaging them with politics and democracy. The current representative democracy fails to provide direct participation of people in the decision-making process. Online...

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An Ethico-Political Evaluation of the Necessity for a Referendum over any Future German Olympic Bid

Gosebrink, Lucia - 2023

Olympic bids in the past -- An analytical-hermeneutic methodology -- Referenda in political science and sport governance -- Analysis and discussion of the issue -- Limitations of the work -- Final conclusion -- Implications and further outlook -- References.

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Optimal majority rule in referenda

Cheng, Qingqing; Li, Ming - 2019

Adopting the group turnout model of Herrera and Mattozzi, J. Eur. Econ. Assoc. 2010, 8, 838–871, we investigate direct democracy with supermajority rule and different preference intensities for two sides of a referendum: Reform versus status quo. Two parties spend money and effort to mobilize...

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Does all-mail voting matter for school elections?

Nguyen-Hoang, Phuong; Roy, Joydeep - 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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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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A more conservative country? : asylum seekers and voting in the UK

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

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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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Cost misperception and voting for public goods

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

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Politicians' personal legacies from olympic bids and referenda: An analysis of individual risks and opportunities

Könecke, Thomas; de Nooij, Michiel - 2022

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