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Problems with a methodology used to evaluate the voter initiative / Response to Matsusaka: Estimating the effect of ballot initiatives on policy responsiveness
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Problems with a methodology used to evaluate the voter initiative / Response to Matsusaka: Estimating the effect of ballot initiatives on policy responsiveness

John G Matsusaka, Michael G Hagen, Edward L Lascher Jr and John F Camobreco
The Journal of politics, Vol.63(4), p.1250
11/01/2001

Abstract

Policy making States Voter behavior Public opinion Methods
Matsusaka identifies problems with a methodology that has been used to test whether policy is more or less responsive to public opinion in states with voter initiatives. The methodology is to regress a policy variable on a measure of constituent preferences, and compare the coefficients for states with and without voter initiatives.

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