Income and policy choices: Evidence from parliamentary decisions and referenda

David Stadelmann, Marco Portmann and Reiner Eichenberger ()

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 135, issue C, 117-120

Abstract: We analyze political representation of low, middle, and high-income voters by matching their referendum choices with parliamentary decisions of legislators on the identical policy proposals. Legislators more closely represent preferences of rich voters than preferences of middle-income and poor voters.

Keywords: Income; Policy decisions; Representation; Voting; Referenda; Political behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.07.022

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