By what Authority? The Conditional Mandate from Referendums in EU Membership Decisions

• In Event: Voting behavior in Europe

Brief Overview

We show that the legitimacy of an EU referendum is conditional on the size of the vote margin, the level of turnout, and whether or not the outcome entails a change from status quo.

Authors

• Sveinung Arnesen, NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre

• Troy Saghaug Broderstad, University of Bergen

• Mikael Poul Johannesson, University of Bergen

• Jonas Linde, University of Bergen