Referendum Design, Quorum Rules and Turnout
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- Luís Aguiar-Conraria & Pedro Magalhães, 2010. "Referendum design, quorum rules and turnout," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 144(1), pages 63-81, July.
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Referendum Design; Voter turnout;JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
- C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2008-03-01 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-DCM-2008-03-01 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-POL-2008-03-01 (Positive Political Economics)
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