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Autor:
Katharina Eva Hofer, Nicolas Gavoille
Publikováno v:
IMF Economic Review. 69:275-324
This paper studies the relation between the evolution of capital controls and electoral cycles. We exploit a dataset containing detailed information on the level of restrictions on capital flows for 98 countries on an annual basis from 1995 to 2015,
Autor:
Katharina Eva Hofer
Publikováno v:
Journal of Cultural Economics. 43:397-419
The value of the performing arts to the population can be elicited from referendum outcomes. The analyses typically rely on the (strong) assumption of full voter turnout. I show theoretically that when turnout is ignored, coefficients of variables re
Autor:
Katharina Eva Hofer
Publikováno v:
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Vol 153, Iss 3, Pp 261-291 (2017)
SummaryThis paper investigates whether popular initiatives signed by a larger share of the population have higher acceptance rates at the subsequent vote. The main analysis is based on all Swiss federal initiatives voted between 1978 and 2000 with a
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Political Economy. 48:16-39
We study whether the number of signatures collected to qualify a popular initiative affects the probability of reforming the status quo. The initiative process is modeled as a sequential game under uncertainty: petitioners make an entry decision and
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
We use a change in the voting procedures of one of the two chambers of the Swiss parliament to explore how transparency affects the voting behavior of its members. Until 2013, the Council of States (Ständerat) had voted by a show of hands. While pub