The Impact of Postal Voting on Participation, Evidence for Switzerland
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- Luechinger, Simon & Rosinger, Myra & Stutzer, Alois, 2006. "The Impact of Postal Voting on Participation: evidence for Switzerland," Working papers 2006/02, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel.
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Keywords
postal voting; voting costs; voting participation; turnout;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2006-08-05 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2006-08-05 (Positive Political Economics)
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