@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}
}