Explaining Institutional Change: Why Elected Politicians Implement Direct Democracy
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- Hugh-Jones, David, 2010. "Explaining Institutional Change: Why Elected Politicians Implement Direct Democracy," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 25, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
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Keywords
direct democracy; institutional change; referendums;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2008-11-18 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2008-11-18 (Positive Political Economics)
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