@article{Eder2009Insti-4220,
  year={2009},
  doi={10.1080/01402380902779139},
  title={Institutional Design and the Use of Direct Democracy : Evidence from the German Länder},
  number={3},
  volume={32},
  journal={West European Politics},
  pages={611--633},
  author={Eder, Christina and Vatter, Adrian and Freitag, Markus}
}

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