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Fiscal Equalisation in Australian Federalism: Share and Share Alike?
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.The sharing of revenue between the states to achieve fiscal equality has long been an important and internationally notable feature of Australian federalism. While horizontal fiscal equalisation is always prone to dispute, unprecedented conflict erupted in the Australian system in the second decade of this century and resulted in changes that brought ...
Alan Fenna, John Phillimore
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Ireland’s (First) Referendum on the Treaty of Nice [PDF]
, 2002 Karin Gilland
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Who is in favor of enlargement? Determinants of support for EU membership in the candidate countries' referenda [PDF]
We analyze support for EU membership as expressed in voting patterns in the candidate countries’ referenda on EU membership, using regional referendum results and individual survey data on voting intentions. We find that favorable individual and regional
Doyle, Orla, Fidrmuc, Jan
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Playing the sycophant card: The logic and consequences of professing loyalty to the autocrat
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Despite the centrality of the loyalty–competence framework in research on authoritarian politics, scholars have only focused on material aspects of what elites do in their service to the dictator. Yet nonmaterial aspects such as sycophantically praising the autocrat in speech—a common, everyday practice under authoritarianism, have been ...
Alexander Baturo +2 more
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Can sovereigntists regroup in time for the referendum?
, 1994 Alain‐G. Gagnon
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Institutional Openness and the Use of Referendums and Popular Initiatives: Evidence from Swiss Cantons [PDF]
, 2003 Iwan Barankay +2 more
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The financialization of housing and its political consequences
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Institutional investors in residential real estate have become targets of political backlash against unaffordable housing. We argue that this backlash is not only about economic issues such as rising rents; it reflects a fundamental rejection of “financialized capitalism” that turns housing from a basic need into a speculative asset.
Rafaela Dancygier, Andreas Wiedemann
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Contingent valuation and real referendum behaviour, [PDF]
This paper compares contingent values for a hypothetical landscape protection programme with respondents’ voting behaviour in an actual referendum. We use the example of a proposed increase of expenditures for landscape protection in the canton of Zurich,
Anna Roschewitz +2 more
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Who wins when? Election timing and descriptive representation
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract We examine how the timing of local elections affects the success of minority candidates, who remain woefully underrepresented in public office. We build on research showing that concurrent elections narrow racial gaps in voter turnout and leverage changes in the timing of local elections in California.
Zoltan L. Hajnal +2 more
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