What happens when voting rules change? the case of New Zealand
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- J. Stephen Ferris, 2019. "What Happens When Voting Rules Change? The Case of New Zealand," Carleton Economic Papers 19-03, Carleton University, Department of Economics, revised 29 Mar 2020.
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Institutional change; Mixed member proportional voting; Vote turnout; Vote volatilities; Winning margins; New Zealand;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
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