The political economy of direct legislation: direct democracy and local decision–making

By Lars P. Feld, G. Kirchgässner. 2001

165 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/56a173cec35a7b7582ed95f9106d25dd8b4af1c9

Citations in the corpus

• Decentralized Taxation and the Size of Government: Evidence from Swiss State and Local Governments (2010, unknown): “The overall results are in line with those reported by Feld and Kirchgässner (2001) and Feld and Matsusaka (2002).”
• Sovereign Bond Market Reactions to Fiscal Rules and No-Bailout Clauses - The Swiss Experience (2013, unknown): “…Foremny, 2011) and Italian municipalities (Grembi et al., 2012), whereas there is particularly strong evidence in the case of the Swiss cantons (see Feld and Kirchgässner, 2001; Schaltegger, 2002; Feld and Kirchgässner, 2008; Krogstrup and Wälti, 2008; Luechinger and Schaltegger, forthcoming).”
• The Effect of Direct Democracy on Income Redistribution: Evidence for Switzerland (2010, unknown): “Referenda and initiatives provide instruments to selectively control representative and bind policy outcomes to citizens’ preferences (FELD and KIRCHGÄSSNER 2001, BESLEY and COATE 2002).”