Publications des institutions partenaires
Brexit, swiss "model", pros and cons in comparative perspective
Contents 1- A summary of the main argument. 2- Two comparative tables of different (integration) regimes for third States. 3- A list of 12 common misconceptions on the Swiss-EU agreement. 1- Summary Main argument : Swiss-EU bilateral agreements are the worst form of EU agreement with (close) third countries, except for all the others.- This assertion is based on the assumption...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
More equal than others: Assessing economic and citizen groups' access across policymaking venues
This study assesses whether economic interest groups (business associations and trade unions) enjoy better access to the policymaking process than citizen groups. It compares the interest group population in Switzerland with those sets of groups present in the administrative and legislative venues. The study devises an aggregate measure of access to policymaking as a whole, which...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
Composition et élection et Présidence du Conseil fédéral
La révision de l'alinéa 2 de l'article 175 proposée modifie le mode d'élection du Conseil fédérale. Les sept membres du collège gouvernemental sont toujours élus par l'Assemblée fédérale, mais plus de manière individuelle. En effet, la solution préconisée ici consiste à procéder à 1'élection d'une équipe, présentée sur une liste fermée de sept candidats...
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2018
Le voucher comme outil de politique publique : une option à évaluer pour repenser le financement de l’enseignement artistique à Genève ?
Le voucher comme outil de politique publique : une option à évaluer pour repenser le financement de l’enseignement artistique à Genève ?
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2018
Classification accuracy as a substantive quantity of interest: Measuring polarization in westminster systems
Measuring the polarization of legislators and parties is a key step in understanding how politics develops over time. But in parliamentary systems—where ideological positions estimated from roll calls may not be informative—producing valid estimates is extremely challenging. We suggest a new measurement strategy that makes innovative use of the "accuracy" of machine...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
Parametric inference for index functionals
In this paper, we study the finite sample accuracy of confidence intervals for index functional built via parametric bootstrap, in the case of inequality indices. To estimate the parameters of the assumed parametric data generating distribution, we propose a Generalized Method of Moment estimator that targets the quantity of interest, namely the considered inequality index. Its...
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2018
Effects of substance use disorder on treatment process and outcome in a ten-session psychiatric treatment for borderline personality disorder
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
Alternative action organizations: Social solidarity or political advocacy?
This article investigates the involvement of alternative action organizations in three forms of political advocacy in an attempt to gauge their degree of politicization. These forms can be understood as representing three different ways of making political claims: by raising public awareness with respect to a given cause or issue, by trying to influence the policy maker through “...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
Action organization analysis: Extending protest event analysis using hubs-retrieved websites
The comprehensive and systematic study of collective action organizations (AOs) requires a new methodological approach that takes into account the rise of online sources as well as the new ways in which people interact and participate in politics. This article aims to present and situate in the related literature such an approach, which was recently created and applied in two...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
The rise of cultural issues as an opportunity for the right? Insights from the 2015 swiss election
This article presents an explanation for the success of the right in the 2015 Swiss parliamentary election based on the spatial model of voting. Since there is no party combining economically left with culturally authoritarian policy stances, voters with that preference combination face a difficult electoral choice. We show that they are more likely to abstain, and that those voters...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
The politicisation of abortion, voters’ stereotypes and the electoral success of women candidates
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
Political values and extra-institutional political participation: The impact of economic redistributive and social libertarian preferences on protest behaviour
Previous studies have found that left-wing and libertarian individuals are more likely to engage in extra-institutional political activism. However, due to a lack of suitable data, studies to date have not analysed the relative influence of economic redistributive and social libertarian values for the intensity of protest participation. By analysing data from a unique cross-national...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
The radical right, the labour movement and the competition for the workers' vote
This article analyses the capacity of radical right parties to attract support from un-ion members in recent elections in Western Europe. It is argued that unionized vot-ers resist the appeals of the radical right better than non-union members. Using data from the European Social Survey 2010–2016, the article shows that union members are overall less likely to vote for the radical...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
The politicisation of abortion, voters' stereotypes and the electoral success of women candidates
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
Normalisation des partis d’extrême-droite en Europe : tendance de fond ou cas isolés ?
Normalisation des partis d’extrême-droite en Europe : tendance de fond ou cas isolés ?
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2018
L’influence des donateurs privés sur les politiques publiques: une analyse des initiatives populaires en Californie
L’influence des donateurs privés sur les politiques publiques: une analyse des initiatives populaires en Californie
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2018
Europe's Existential Crisis. Facing the Threats and Challenges
The European Union is in a state of emergency. The crisis it is facing today is a global one, rather than merely sector-specific as in the past. It therefore requires a global response, in other words at a political level. This is the central message conveyed by this selection of texts. Having presented some of the main challenges, both internal and external, with which the Union is...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
Heterogeneity and international economics
In the first chapter of this chapter we explore the heterogeneity in returns to export promotion across countries using a semi-parametric varying coefficient model. In the second chapter we evaluate the impact of terrorist attacks on economic growth while taking into account the mitigating effect of counter-terrorism through a set of strategies and policies deemed to influence the...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
Prediction Divergence Criterion for Model Selection in the Logistic Regression
In this Master Thesis, we have analytically derived and numerically implemented three estimators of the Prediction Divergence Criterion (Avella-Medina et al., working paper) for Model Selection within the logistic regression framework. After the validation of these estimators by means of simulations, we have performed Model Selection both when the order of the variables was known in...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2018
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