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RT @PCMagalhaes: If you dislike referendums decided by simple majority rule but don't want to get rid of referendums altogether, one option…
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RT @PCMagalhaes: If you dislike referendums decided by simple majority rule but don't want to get rid of referendums altogether, one option…
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RT @PCMagalhaes: If you dislike referendums decided by simple majority rule but don't want to get rid of referendums altogether, one option…
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If you dislike referendums decided by simple majority rule but don't want to get rid of referendums altogether, one option is the adoption of quorum rules. @LConraria, Christoph Vanberg, and I return to their consequences in this Public Choice article: htt
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Our results also show that while both the participation and the rejection quora have an asymmetric impact on the incentives of Conservatives and Changers, the approval quorum is much less distortionary. 2/5 https://t.co/DnHZz2puoR
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A clear message emerges for institutional designers: if a need to impose a quorum in referenda is felt, for example, to prevent a measure from passing with low overall participation from voters, anything is preferable to the participation quorum. 1/5 https