Articles (Peer Review)
2020
How Parties React to Voter Transitions (with Lukas Stoetzer). American Political Science Review: 114 (3): 940-945. [Article]
Electoral Fortunes of Social Democratic Parties: Do Second Dimension Positions matter? (with Markus Wagner). Journal of European Public Policy: 27 (2): 246-272. [Article]
Parties' policy adjustments in response to changes in issue saliency (with Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Peter B. Mortensen). West European Politics: 43 (4): 749-771. [Article]
The Causal Effect of Radical Right Success on Mainstream Parties' Policy Positions - a Regression Discontinuity Approach (with Werner Krause). British Journal of Political Science: 50 (3): 829-847. [Article]
2019
Not so Responsive after all: European Parties do not Respond to Public Opinion Shifts across Multiple Issue Dimensions (with Tom O'Grady). Research & Politics: 6 (4): 1-7. [Article]
Recalibrating Social Protection: Electoral Competition and the New Partisan Politics of the Welfare State (with Ellen M. Immergut). European Journal of Political Research: 58 (2): 697-719. [Article]
The Electoral Appeal of Party Strategies in Post-Industrial Societies: When Can the Mainstream Left Succeed? (with Markus Wagner). Journal of Politics: 81 (4): 1405-1419. [Article]
Rights for Same-Sex Couples and Public Attitudes toward Gays and Lesbians in Europe (with Ryan Finnigan). Comparative Political Studies: 52 (6): 868–895. [Article]
2018
Electoral Competition, Political Risks, and Parties' Responsiveness to Voters' Issue Priorities. Electoral Studies: 58 (5): 99-108. [Article]
How Immigration Reforms Affect Voting Behavior (with Marc Helbling). Political Studies: 66 (3):687-717. [Article]
2017
It's not easy being green: Why voters punish parties for environmental policies during economic downturns (with Mark Kayser). Electoral Studies: 45 (2):201-207. [Article]
2016
Political and Institutional Determinants of Immigration Policies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies : 42 (13):2087-2110. [Article]
Moderate as Necessary. The Role of Electoral Competitiveness and Party Size in Explaining Parties' Policy Shifts (with Matthias Orlowski). Journal of Politics : 78 (3):868-881. [Article]. Winner of the 2017 APSA Lawrence Longley Award for best article published on electoral systems and representation in 2016
Niche Party Success and Mainstream Party Policy Shifts - How Green and Radical Right Parties Differ in Their Impact. British Journal of Political Science: 46 (2):417-436. [Article]
2015
Political Institutions and the Distributional Consequences of Suffrage Extension (with Matthias Orlowski). Political Studies : 63 (S1):55-72. [Article]
2014
How electoral vulnerability affects pension politics: Introducing a concept, measure and empirical application (with Ellen Immergut). European Journal of Political Research : 53 (2):269-87. [Article]
Chapters in Edited Volumes
2015
Das Thema europäische Integration und die Wahlentscheidung bei der Bundestagswahl 2013. In: Heiko Giebler/Aiko Wagner (eds.): Wirtschaft, Krise und Wahlverhalten. Nomos: p. 84-106.
The Sustainability of Democracy: The Impact of Electoral Incentives on the Input and Output Legitimacy of Democracies (with Ellen Immergut and Matthias Orlowski). In: Volker Schneider/Burkhard Eberlein (eds.): Complex Democracy. Varieties, Crises, and Transformations.. Springer: p. 247-262.
2020
How Parties React to Voter Transitions (with Lukas Stoetzer). American Political Science Review: 114 (3): 940-945. [Article]
Electoral Fortunes of Social Democratic Parties: Do Second Dimension Positions matter? (with Markus Wagner). Journal of European Public Policy: 27 (2): 246-272. [Article]
Parties' policy adjustments in response to changes in issue saliency (with Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Peter B. Mortensen). West European Politics: 43 (4): 749-771. [Article]
The Causal Effect of Radical Right Success on Mainstream Parties' Policy Positions - a Regression Discontinuity Approach (with Werner Krause). British Journal of Political Science: 50 (3): 829-847. [Article]
2019
Not so Responsive after all: European Parties do not Respond to Public Opinion Shifts across Multiple Issue Dimensions (with Tom O'Grady). Research & Politics: 6 (4): 1-7. [Article]
Recalibrating Social Protection: Electoral Competition and the New Partisan Politics of the Welfare State (with Ellen M. Immergut). European Journal of Political Research: 58 (2): 697-719. [Article]
The Electoral Appeal of Party Strategies in Post-Industrial Societies: When Can the Mainstream Left Succeed? (with Markus Wagner). Journal of Politics: 81 (4): 1405-1419. [Article]
Rights for Same-Sex Couples and Public Attitudes toward Gays and Lesbians in Europe (with Ryan Finnigan). Comparative Political Studies: 52 (6): 868–895. [Article]
2018
Electoral Competition, Political Risks, and Parties' Responsiveness to Voters' Issue Priorities. Electoral Studies: 58 (5): 99-108. [Article]
How Immigration Reforms Affect Voting Behavior (with Marc Helbling). Political Studies: 66 (3):687-717. [Article]
2017
It's not easy being green: Why voters punish parties for environmental policies during economic downturns (with Mark Kayser). Electoral Studies: 45 (2):201-207. [Article]
2016
Political and Institutional Determinants of Immigration Policies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies : 42 (13):2087-2110. [Article]
Moderate as Necessary. The Role of Electoral Competitiveness and Party Size in Explaining Parties' Policy Shifts (with Matthias Orlowski). Journal of Politics : 78 (3):868-881. [Article]. Winner of the 2017 APSA Lawrence Longley Award for best article published on electoral systems and representation in 2016
Niche Party Success and Mainstream Party Policy Shifts - How Green and Radical Right Parties Differ in Their Impact. British Journal of Political Science: 46 (2):417-436. [Article]
2015
Political Institutions and the Distributional Consequences of Suffrage Extension (with Matthias Orlowski). Political Studies : 63 (S1):55-72. [Article]
2014
How electoral vulnerability affects pension politics: Introducing a concept, measure and empirical application (with Ellen Immergut). European Journal of Political Research : 53 (2):269-87. [Article]
Chapters in Edited Volumes
2015
Das Thema europäische Integration und die Wahlentscheidung bei der Bundestagswahl 2013. In: Heiko Giebler/Aiko Wagner (eds.): Wirtschaft, Krise und Wahlverhalten. Nomos: p. 84-106.
The Sustainability of Democracy: The Impact of Electoral Incentives on the Input and Output Legitimacy of Democracies (with Ellen Immergut and Matthias Orlowski). In: Volker Schneider/Burkhard Eberlein (eds.): Complex Democracy. Varieties, Crises, and Transformations.. Springer: p. 247-262.