Financing Referendum Campaigns

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Karin Gilland Lutz, Simon Hug

   Pages 1-8

3. Campaign Spending and Ballot Measures

   • Thomas Stratmann

   Pages 9-22

4. Regulating Campaign Finance in Canadian Referendums and Initiatives

   • Richard Johnston

   Pages 23-38

5. US States

   • Daniel A. Smith

   Pages 39-61

6. Campaign Financing in Danish Referendums

   • Sara Binzer Hobolt

   Pages 62-80

7. Financing Referendums and Initiatives in the Baltic States

   • Daunis Auers, Jüri Ruus, Algis Krupavicius

   Pages 81-106

8. The Financing of Referendum Campaigns in France

   • Francis Hamon

   Pages 107-115

9. Referendums and Spending in Ireland

   • Karin Gilland Lutz

   Pages 116-130

10. Financing Referendum Campaigns in Italy: How Abrogative Referendum Can Regulate Electoral Financing

    • Roland Ricci

    Pages 131-144

11. Financing Referendum Campaigns in Spain

    • Carlos Closa Montero, Flavia Carbonell Bellolio

    Pages 145-164

12. Referendum Campaign Regulations in Switzerland

    • Uwe Serdült

    Pages 165-179

13. Sledgehammers and Nuts? Regulating Referendums in the UK

    • Navraj Singh Ghaleigh

    Pages 180-200

14. Referendum Campaign Regulations in Europe and Latin America

    • Tobias Zellweger, Uwe Serdült, Irène Renfer

    Pages 201-228

15. Conclusion

    • Karin Gilland Lutz, Simon Hug

    Pages 229-233

16. Back Matter

    Pages 234-241

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Critics of referendums often lament that big money may buy success at the ballot box. But spending by interest groups may also be informative for citizens. This can only happen, however, if the financing of referendum campaigns is regulated. This book offers an overview of these regulations and presents research on their effects.

• campaign
• Europe
• Italy
• pain
• referendum
• research
• state

• Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

  Karin Gilland Lutz

• University of Geneva, Switzerland

  Simon Hug

KARIN GILLAND LUTZ is Publications Manager at the Centre for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Her recent research concerns the policy effects of direct democracy.

SIMON HUG is Professor of Political Science, University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research deals with the effects of political institutions, including referendums, on policy outcomes and political conflict.

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