Direct democracy is assumed to take two forms: initiatives and popular referenda. This study tests the hypothesis that direct democracy may not on balance significantly affect voter turnout because, although it may elevate the expected gross benefits of voting by "empowering voters," the transactions...
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2012. "Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland."Work- ing Paper.Hainmueller, Jens and Hangartner, Dominik (2013), "Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland,", mimeo....
What is the economic system of democracy? How do we spur US economic growth? Does morality (moral behavior) facilitate economic growth? What specific economic policies have been the most effective in promoting growth in a country? To what extent should the government intervene in the market to ...
Is the United States a republic or a representative democracy? How was the Mayflower Compact an example of direct democracy? How do interest groups limit representative democracy? Is Canada a direct democracy? Is the US a democracy or a republic?
Fourth, our research emphasizes the impact of various democracy indices (including electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, and egalitarian democracy) on the relationship between ED and CPU. This detailed disaggregation of democracy into its constituent dimensions allows us to pinpoint which aspects...
Looking at the change in overall tolerance since 1982, Oregon and Kansas have seen the largest decreases, while Kentucky and Minnesota have gone in the opposite direction and seen increased tolerance to a greater extent than other states. Clearly, there are differences in tolerance across states ...
Entrepreneurship has been connected to several socio-economic issues. However, despite the growing conjectures, the links with democracy have yet to be sub
This paper takes the influential “direct democracy makes people happy”-research as a starting point and asks whether direct democracy impacts i
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