Is direct democracy a problem or a promise for fiscal outcomes? The case of the United States
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Keywords
Voter initiatives; Fiscal policy; Positive constitutional economics; State government. (*);All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
- O51 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2013-07-28 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-PBE-2013-07-28 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2013-07-28 (Positive Political Economics)
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