While most of the literature on information shortcuts in open-list PR systems focuses on the
importance of ballot position effects, the influence of a candidate's localness has widely …

How do voters in preferential-list proportional representation (PLPR) systems make their
candidate choices after selecting their party? We study this question in Poland and the …

What are the electoral consequences of constituency candidates' campaign strategies? This
paper focuses on the German case to theoretically and empirically explore this question …

Without noticing, work on this book started some seven years ago. It started with my
replication of a study that had analysed the impact of electoral rules on parliamentary …

We test the effects of physical appearance on electoral outcomes for the 2013 German
national elections. We find that a candidate's perceived attractiveness and, to a lesser …

Scholars of descriptive representation have paid growing attention to the issue of class. This
article contributes to this line of research by examining the educational (mis) match of …

This study measures the importance of candidate characteristics listed on ballots for a
candidate's position on a slate, for preferential votes received by a candidate, and …

This article examines whether or not legislatures in which strict adherence to seniority rule is
uncommon nevertheless follow seniority conventions when positions of power in parliament …

The new electoral law in the state of Hamburg, which was first used in the 2011 elections for
the state parliament, abolished the optional overall list vote in the electoral districts and thus …

We examine whether exposure to several salient counterexamples reduces the effect of
stereotypes on voting. By taking advantage of a series of seven plagiarism scandals in …