Foot voting — In demographics, foot voting describes the tendency of people to vote with their feet , that is to migrate when they perceive situations to be more beneficial elsewhere. It is also used as an analogy to describe shifting political or commercial… … Wikipedia
vote with your feet — vote with your feet/wallet phrase to express an opinion through your actions, for example by not going to a place or by deciding not to spend money Cinemagoers started voting with their feet. Thesaurus: to give your opinionsynonym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
vote with your feet — vote with (your) feet to show that you do not support something, especially an organization or a product, by not using or not buying it any more. Parents are voting with their feet and moving their children to schools where there is better… … New idioms dictionary
vote with feet — vote with (your) feet to show that you do not support something, especially an organization or a product, by not using or not buying it any more. Parents are voting with their feet and moving their children to schools where there is better… … New idioms dictionary
vote with one’s feet — in. to show one’s displeasure by walking out. □ A lot of people are voting with their feet. Customers clearly don’t like our goods. □ When the audience votes with its feet, you know you don’t have a hit … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Timeline of Womens Rights (other than voting) — This timeline is meant to give a simple survey of the development of gender equality and women s rights; it does not concentrate merely on the right to vote ( For that, go to Timeline of women s suffrage). Before the 19th century * 622 Arabia:… … Wikipedia
Tiebout-Modell — Das Tiebout Modell ist ein Modell der Bereitstellung steuerfinanzierter öffentlicher Güter. Es liefert eine Grundlage der Analyse fiskalischen Wettbewerbs (Theorie des effizienten Steuerwettbewerbs). Entwickelt wurde es von dem Ökonom Charles… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Thiebout-Theorem — Ansatz der ⇡ ökonomischen Theorie des Föderalismus, v.a. der fiskalischen Standorttheorie, sowie Versuch einer marktanalogen Allokation öffentlicher Leistungen (Thiebout). Annahmen: Vollständige Information der Bürger über die öffentlichen… … Lexikon der Economics
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium