Add to ORKGRecent studies have claimed that states with initiative systems of legislation use this more direct form of democracy to improve productive resource allocation. This paper compares the economic performance of states with initiatives to states that do not have initiatives. We first construct a simple growth model to identify the channel through which initiatives play an important role in determining economic activity; we then test the implications of this model using data for the 48 contiguous United States over the years 1969–1986. Our findings suggest that states with initiative systems waste between 20% and 30% fewer resources than do non-initiative states resulting in better economic performance in terms of higher GDP growth and faster c...
Accepted ManuscriptAlthough a great deal of research examines the impact of the voter initiative pro...
Empirical evidence suggests that voters in states with direct democracy feel better prepared to cast...
With few exceptions, voter turnout continues to decline in the United States. Although normative the...
This paper compares the fiscal policy of initiative and non-initiative states in the first half of t...
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...
This paper investigates both the indirect (i.e. the existence) and the direct effects (i.e. the usag...
. We thank Todd Donovan for information regarding the breakdown of their institutional indexes on th...
Accepted ManuscriptRecent research has identified important policy differences between voter initiat...
Thesis (M.P.P.A., Public Policy and Administration) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2011...
Abstract. Voter initiatives are important for policy making in many countries. While much research s...
Although a great deal of research examines the impact of the voter initiative process on the state l...
Some have argued that the ballot initiative process prevalent in many American states might lower in...
The conventional view in the direct democracy literature is that spending against a measure is more ...
Initiatives and referendums are playing an increasing role in political decision making. Twenty- fou...
Accepted ManuscriptAlthough a great deal of research examines the impact of the voter initiative pro...
Empirical evidence suggests that voters in states with direct democracy feel better prepared to cast...
With few exceptions, voter turnout continues to decline in the United States. Although normative the...
This paper compares the fiscal policy of initiative and non-initiative states in the first half of t...
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...
This paper investigates both the indirect (i.e. the existence) and the direct effects (i.e. the usag...
. We thank Todd Donovan for information regarding the breakdown of their institutional indexes on th...
Accepted ManuscriptRecent research has identified important policy differences between voter initiat...
Thesis (M.P.P.A., Public Policy and Administration) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2011...
Abstract. Voter initiatives are important for policy making in many countries. While much research s...
Although a great deal of research examines the impact of the voter initiative process on the state l...
Some have argued that the ballot initiative process prevalent in many American states might lower in...
The conventional view in the direct democracy literature is that spending against a measure is more ...
Initiatives and referendums are playing an increasing role in political decision making. Twenty- fou...
Accepted ManuscriptAlthough a great deal of research examines the impact of the voter initiative pro...
Empirical evidence suggests that voters in states with direct democracy feel better prepared to cast...
With few exceptions, voter turnout continues to decline in the United States. Although normative the...