Referendum and the choice between monarchy and republic in Greece

Abstract

Greece, Monarchy versus republic, Non-required referendum, Parliamentary elections, Campaign effort, Constitutional revision, D7, N4,

Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls

“…18 Scholars investigate types of referenda (required/non-required; active/passive etc). See, for example, Tridimas (2007Tridimas ( , 2010, Hug (2004), Hug and Sciarini (2000). My findings relate to studies that examine the nexus between voter preferences and political representation with US, Swedish and Swiss data (e.g., Levitt 1996;Gerber and Lewis 2004;Brunner et al 2013;Ågren et al 2006;Eichenberger et al 2012;Portmann et al 2012;Stadelmann et al 2012;Portmann and Stadelmann 2013).…”

Evidence on the Political Principal-Agent Problem from Voting on Public Finance for Concert Halls

“…18 Scholars investigate types of referenda (required/non-required; active/passive etc). See, for example, Tridimas (2007Tridimas ( , 2010, Hug (2004), Hug and Sciarini (2000). The types of referenda discussed by Hug and Tridimas do not include situations as in Konstanz and Heidelberg.…”

A political economy perspective of direct democracy in ancient Athens

“…A book-length survey of the use of referendum and the popular initiative (where a specified minimum number of voters can force a public vote on a policy) is given in Matsusaka (2004), while shorter informative reviews with critical commentaries are offered by amongst others LeDuc (2002), Hug and Tsebelis (2002) and Tridimas (2010b). an individual has to invest in order to acquire the relevant information to participate in the process of decision making.…”

“…The analysis draws onTridimas (2007Tridimas ( , 2010b who formally explored the strategic choice of an incumbent political leader between a referendum and the parliamentary process to pass legislation.…”