@article{SteckerKachelPaasch2021,
  author    = {Stecker, Christian and Kachel, Jannis and Paasch, Jana},
  title     = {Muster der Landesgesetzgebung},
  series = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS : German political science quarterly / hrsg. vom Vorstand der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politikwissenschaft},
  volume    = {62},
  journal   = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS : German political science quarterly / hrsg. vom Vorstand der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politikwissenschaft},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Springer VS},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  issn      = {0032-3470},
  doi       = {10.1007/s11615-021-00307-0},
  pages     = {307 -- 324},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {This research note presents the first systematic documentation of the legislative process in the German state parliaments. The data set comprises 16,610 bills between 1990 and 2020. After a description of the data, we provide illustrative insights into the patterns of law-making. It is shown that these patterns are dominated by the new dualism between government and opposition. Furthermore, the incentives of issue competition are clearly present in the legislative initiatives. There is no evidence, however, for the expectation that intracoalitional policy distance prolongs the duration of legislative procedures. The published data provides scholars with the opportunity to investigate various additional research questions.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Stecker2013,
  author    = {Stecker, Christian},
  title     = {Parliaments and coalitions: - the role of legislative institutions in multiparty governance},
  series = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft},
  volume    = {54},
  journal   = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Nomos},
  address   = {Hannover},
  issn      = {0032-3470},
  pages     = {383 -- 385},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Stecker2012,
  author    = {Stecker, Christian},
  title     = {Namentliche Abstimmungen und Abstimmungsverhalten : eine vergleichende Analyse der deutschen Landtage},
  address   = {POtsdam},
  pages     = {161 S.},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Stecker2009,
  author    = {Stecker, Christian},
  title     = {Gschwend, T., Schimmelfennig, F. (Hrsg.), Forschungsdesign in der Politikwissenschaft; Frankfurt a. M. [u.a.], Campus, 2007},
  issn      = {0032-3470},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Stecker2012,
  author    = {Stecker, Christian},
  title     = {The role of governments in legislative agenda setting},
  series = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft},
  volume    = {53},
  journal   = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Nomos},
  address   = {Hannover},
  issn      = {0032-3470},
  pages     = {703 -- 705},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Stecker2011,
  author    = {Stecker, Christian},
  title     = {Linking citizens and parties how electoral systems matter for political representation},
  series = {West European politics},
  volume    = {34},
  journal   = {West European politics},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {0140-2382},
  doi       = {10.1080/01402382.2011.616673},
  pages     = {1316 -- 1317},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Stecker2011,
  author    = {Stecker, Christian},
  title     = {Determinants of party unity a comparative analysis of the german state parliaments},
  series = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft},
  volume    = {52},
  journal   = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Nomos},
  address   = {Hannover},
  issn      = {0032-3470},
  pages     = {424 -- 447},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Using 2184 roll call votes (RCV) from 42 electoral terms this paper tests the influence of different factors on party unity in the German Landtage. It finds evidence that the strategic calculus behind RCV-requests is a crucial predictor for unity scores. The requesting party group is on average significantly more united than its parliamentary competitors. It also shows that government status, thin governmental majorities and a growing ideological distance between government and opposition increase unity. Electoral incentives, however, do not seem to influence voting behavior in the German Lander.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{GanghofStecker2009,
  author    = {Ganghof, Steffen and Stecker, Christian},
  title     = {Das institutionelle Design parlamentarischer Demokratien : zum Zusammenspiel von Wahl- und Gesetzessystemen},
  isbn      = {978- 3-531-15297-4},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{GanghofHoennigStecker2009,
  author    = {Ganghof, Steffen and H{\"o}nnig, Christoph and Stecker, Christian},
  title     = {Einleitung : Parlamente, Vetospieler und Agendakontrolle},
  isbn      = {978- 3-531-15297-4},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{GanghofEppnerSteckeretal.2019,
  author    = {Ganghof, Steffen and Eppner, Sebastian and Stecker, Christian and Heeß, Katja and Schukraft, Stefan},
  title     = {Do minority cabinets govern more flexibly and inclusively?},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {114},
  issn      = {1867-5808},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-43417},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-434175},
  pages     = {541 -- 561},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {A widespread view in political science is that minority cabinets govern more flexibly and inclusively, more in line with a median-oriented and 'consensual' vision of democracy. Yet there is only little empirical evidence for it. We study legislative coalition-building in the German state of North-Rhine-Westphalia, which was ruled by a minority government between 2010 and 2012. We compare the inclusiveness of legislative coalitions under minority and majority cabinets, based on 1028 laws passed in the 1985-2017 period, and analyze in detail the flexibility of legislative coalition formation under the minority government. Both quantitative analyses are complemented with brief case studies of specific legislation. We find, first, that the minority cabinet did not rule more inclusively. Second, the minority cabinet's legislative flexibility was fairly limited; to the extent that it existed, it follows a pattern that cannot be explained on the basis of the standard spatial model with policy-seeking parties.},
  language  = {en}
}