Add to ORKGInstitutional provisions for popular initiatives differ with respect to the pos-sibilities they offer the legislature to react to direct legislation. In states with direct initiatives (19), the legislature cannot react directly to an initiative proposal once it has been qualified. In states with indirect initiatives (9), the legislature may or has to respond to the proposal. The present paper proposes a theoretical model incorporating these two types of initiative processes. The results suggest that the role interest groups play in the initiative process differs under these two provisions for direct legislation. Suggestive empirical evidence supports these theoretical claims
This paper investigates both the indirect (i.e. the existence) and the direct effects (i.e. the usag...
The direct initiative process, often referred to as a gun behind the door, provides an incentive for...
I. Introduction II. The Initiative’s Potential Contribution to the Political Structure of the Federa...
Abstract. Voter initiatives are important for policy making in many countries. While much research s...
This research considers how and when the popular initiative constrains legislative behavior and poli...
What effect does the initiative process have on interest group survival? Theoretical results suggest...
Accepted ManuscriptRecent research has identified important policy differences between voter initiat...
. We thank Todd Donovan for information regarding the breakdown of their institutional indexes on th...
To what extent has direct democracy, specifically the ballot initiative process, served to substitut...
Recent research has identified important policy differences between voter initiative states and pure...
Citizens use the initiative process to make new laws. Many winning initiatives, however, are altered...
A variety of direct democratic instruments allow “policy-making at the ballot box” (Gerber, 1999, p....
INITIATIVE POWER. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Provides that electors may use the initiative...
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia provide for some form of initiative procedure, allo...
Empirical evidence suggests that voters in states with direct democracy feel better prepared to cast...
This paper investigates both the indirect (i.e. the existence) and the direct effects (i.e. the usag...
The direct initiative process, often referred to as a gun behind the door, provides an incentive for...
I. Introduction II. The Initiative’s Potential Contribution to the Political Structure of the Federa...
Abstract. Voter initiatives are important for policy making in many countries. While much research s...
This research considers how and when the popular initiative constrains legislative behavior and poli...
What effect does the initiative process have on interest group survival? Theoretical results suggest...
Accepted ManuscriptRecent research has identified important policy differences between voter initiat...
. We thank Todd Donovan for information regarding the breakdown of their institutional indexes on th...
To what extent has direct democracy, specifically the ballot initiative process, served to substitut...
Recent research has identified important policy differences between voter initiative states and pure...
Citizens use the initiative process to make new laws. Many winning initiatives, however, are altered...
A variety of direct democratic instruments allow “policy-making at the ballot box” (Gerber, 1999, p....
INITIATIVE POWER. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Provides that electors may use the initiative...
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia provide for some form of initiative procedure, allo...
Empirical evidence suggests that voters in states with direct democracy feel better prepared to cast...
This paper investigates both the indirect (i.e. the existence) and the direct effects (i.e. the usag...
The direct initiative process, often referred to as a gun behind the door, provides an incentive for...
I. Introduction II. The Initiative’s Potential Contribution to the Political Structure of the Federa...