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Eichenberger, Reiner ; Stadelmann, David ; Portmann, Marco:
A comparative analysis of the voting behavior of constituents and their representatives for public debts.
In: Constitutional Political Economy.
Bd. 23
(2012)
Heft 3
.
- S. 244-260.
ISSN 1043-4062
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-012-9122-7
Abstract
We explore the quality of political representation of constituents\x92 preferences for budgetary decisions within a quasi-experimental setting. In the Swiss referendum process, constituents reveal their preferences for budgetary proposals which are either expected to increase or decrease public debts. We match individual politicians\x92 voting behavior on debt increasing and debt reducing legislative proposals with eight real referendum decisions on exactly the same issues from 2008 to 2011. Thereby, we directly explore deviations of politicians from constituents\x92 preferences with respect to budgetary policies.