Voting for Direct Democracy: Evidence from a Unique Popular Initiative in Bavaria

Felix Arnold, Ronny Freier, Magdalena Pallauf and David Stadelmann

No 1435, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: We analyze a constitutional change in the German State of Bavaria where citizens, not politicians, granted themselves more say in politics at the local level through a constitutional initiative at the state level. This institutional setting allows us to focus on revealed preferences for direct democracy and to identify factors which explain this preference. Empirical results suggests support for direct democracy is rather related to dissatisfaction with representative democracy in general than with an elected governing party.

Keywords: Direct democracy; Voting; Initiative; Parties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 p.
Date: 2014
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