Referenda as commitment devices – an experimental approach

This research note evaluates the claim that referenda can serve as useful commitment devices in international negotiations. More specifically, we relied on individual-level survey data to test the claim that governments can successfully “tie their hands” to policy choices by calling referenda on pol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Florian Justwan, Sarah K. Fisher, Ashley Kerr, Jeffrey D. Berejikian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-07-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168020943419