Prof. Dr. Marc Debus

Marc Debus
Project director
marc.debus [at] uni-mannheim.de
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+49-621-181-2082
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+49-621-181-2080
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+49-621-181-2842
Postal Address
University Mannheim, MZES
68131  Mannheim
Germany
Visiting Address
University Mannheim, MZES
A5, 6
Building A
Room:337
68159  Mannheim

Profile/Career

Projects

B1 Conditions of Democratic Governance: Behaviour and Orientations of Citizens

B1.1904
digilog@bw—Dynamics of Participation in the Era of Digitalisation

B2 Contexts for Democratic Governance: Political Institutions

B2.1846
Where Is My Party? Determinants of Voter Agreement about the Ideological Positions of Political Parties
B2.2002
Social Conflicts and Dynamics of Party Competition in Times of Migration and Integration
B2.2023
RISKOPIA: Coping With Uncertainty in Representative Democracy

B3 Democratic Multilevel Governance and Europeanization

B3.1856
Party Competition and Policy Outcomes in Multilevel Systems

BI Associated Projects

BI.1843
Reform Agendas and Intra-party Programmatic Position-taking

RP9 B2 Contexts for Democratic Governance: Political Institutions

RP9
Intra-party Heterogeneity and its Political Consequences in Europe
RP9
Going Local: Determinants of Institutional Changes of Local Government and their Implications for Political Participation and Political Decision-Making in West European Democracies
RP9
Participation and Representation. A Comparative Study of Linkage Mechanisms between Citizens and the Political System in Contemporary Democracies (PartiRep-2)

RP7 B3 Democratic Multi-level Governance

Party Competition in Multi-level Systems: An Analysis of Programmatic Strategy of Parties, Government Formation and Policy Making in European States

Publications

Monographs

Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2020): Parteienwettbewerb in den deutschen Bundesländern. 2., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2016): Political Parties, Parliaments and Legislative Speechmaking. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2012): Parteienwettbewerb in den deutschen Bundesländern. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more

Editions

Sauermann, Jan, Markus Tepe and Marc Debus (Eds.) (2022): Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie Band 12. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes (Eds.) (2021): The politics of legislative debates. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [The Oxford Politics of Institutions] more
Debus, Marc, Markus Tepe and Jan Sauermann (Eds.) (2019): Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie Band 11. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Linhart, Eric, Marc Debus and Bernhard Kittel (Eds.) (2017): Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. [Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie; 10] more
König, Thomas, George Tsebelis and Marc Debus (Eds.) (2010): Reform Processes and Policy Change: Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies. New York: Springer. [Studies in Public Choice] more
Debus, Marc (Ed.) (2009): Estimating the Policy Preferences of Political Actors in Germany and Europe: Methodological Advances and Empirical Applications (Special Issue of German Politics, 18, 3). London: Routledge. more

Journal Articles

Bräuninger, Thomas, and Marc Debus (In Press): Theorie und Empirie der Vergleichenden Koalitionsforschung: Stand und Ausblick. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, (publ. online before print). more
Debus, Marc, and L. Constantin Wurthmann (In Press): LGB+ identity and its implications for the policy positions of parliamentary candidates. European Political Science Review. more
Debus, Marc, Johannes Lattmann and Sarah Wagner (In Press): Mode of candidacy, electoral prospects, and the ideological deviation of candidacy-seeking politicians from their party leadership. Electoral Studies, 89. more
Debus, Marc, and David Schweizer (In Press): The differentiated impact of perceived EU regional policy on citizens’ position on European integration. Politische Vierteljahresschrift. more
Debus, Marc, and Noam Himmelrath (In Press): Who runs in the end? New evidence on the effects of gender, ethnicity and intersectionality on candidate selection. Political Studies Review, (publ. online before print). more
Gross, Martin, Jochen Müller, Christian Stecker and Marc Debus (In Press): Navigating complexity: exploring the changing dynamics of coalition avoidance in Germany, 1946-2023. Regional and Federal Studies, (publ. online before print). more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Michael Imre (2024): Populist Radical Parties, Pariahs, and Coalition Bargaining Delays. Party Politics, 30, issue 1, pp. 96-107. more
Däubler, Thomas, Marc Debus and Alejandro Ecker (2024): Party campaign statements and portfolio allocation in coalition governments. West European Politics, 47, issue 1, pp. 216-227. more
Debus, Marc (2024): Book Review: Rationality of Irrationality: Political Determinants and Effects of Party Position Blurring. Party Politics, 30, issue 1, pp. 200-201. more
Debus, Marc, and Thorsten Faas (2024): Die hessische Landtagswahl vom 8. Oktober 2023: Die Schwäche der Ampelparteien und das überraschende Ende von Schwarz-Grün. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 55, issue 1, pp. 25-42. more
Debus, Marc, Noam Himmelrath and Christian Stecker (2024): How a history of migration affects individuals’ political attitudes. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50, issue 8, pp. 1886-1903. more
Debus, Marc, and Felix Schulte (2024): How Party Competition Shapes Ethnic Parties’ Positions on Migration and Immigration. Party Politics, 30, issue 1, pp. 126-138. more
Debus, Marc, and Or Tuttnauer (2024): Negative campaign statements, coalition heterogeneity, and the support for government parties. Electoral Studies, 87, (article no. 102738). more
Bucher, Hannah, Anne-Kathrin Stroppe, Axel M. Burger, Thorsten Faas, Harald Schoen, Marc Debus, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Denis Cohen, Robert Huber, Michael Jankowski, Melvin John, Jan Menzner, Christian Schimpf, Christian Schnaudt, Nils D. Steiner, Richard Traunmüller, Fabienne Unkelbach, Vera Vogel, Carsten Wegscheider, Robert Welz and Alexander Wuttke (2023): Special Issue Conclusion: The GLES Open Science Challenge 2021 in Hindsight: Experiences Gained and Lessons Learned. Politische Vierteljahresschrift: PVS, 64, issue 1, pp. 207–219. more
Bucher, Hannah, Anne-Kathrin Stroppe, Axel M. Burger, Thorsten Faas, Harald Schoen, Marc Debus and Sigrid Roßteutscher (2023): Special Issue Introduction. The GLES Open Science Challenge 2021: A Pilot Project on the Applicability of Registered Reports in Quantitative Political Science. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 64, pp. 1-17. more
Palma, Nicola, and Marc Debus (2023): The implications of the European financial crisis and parties’ positions on European integration on the outcomes of government formation processes in Southern Europe. South European Society and Politics, 28, issue 2, pp. 123-151. more
Debus, Marc, and Noam Himmelrath (2022): Advocates of climate action? The age of members of parliament and their activity in legislative debates on climate change. Climate Action, 1, issue 1, (article-no. 16), pp. 1-13. more
Debus, Marc (2022): Parteienwettbewerb und Wahrscheinlichkeit verschiedener Koalitionsoptionen bei der Bundestagswahl 2021. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 73, issue 1, pp. 73–88. more
Debus, Marc, and Christoffer Florczak (2022): Using party press releases and Wikipedia page view data to analyse developments and determinants of parties’ issue prevalence: Evidence for the right-wing populist ‘Alternative for Germany’. Research & Politics, 9, issue 3, pp. 1-7 (e-only). more
Jankowski, Michael, Anna-Sophie Kurella, Christian Stecker, Andreas Blätte, Thomas Bräuninger, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Susanne Pickel (2022): Die Positionen der Parteien zur Bundestagswahl 2021: Ergebnisse des Open Expert Surveys. Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly, 63, pp. 53-72. more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2021): Strategic issue emphasis in parties’ election campaign statements. Party Politics, 27, issue 3, pp. 515-527. more
Debus, Marc (2021): Einigendes und Trennendes zwischen den Parteien in Baden-Württemberg: Muster des Parteienwettbewerbs im Südwesten im Zeitverlauf. Bürger & Staat, 71, issue 4, pp. 197-205. more
Debus, Marc, and Jale Tosun (2021): Political ideology and vaccination willingness: implications for policy design. Policy Sciences, 54, issue 3, pp. 477-491. more
Debus, Marc, and Jale Tosun (2021): The manifestation of the green agenda: a comparative analysis of parliamentary debates. Environmental Politics, 30, issue 6, pp. 918-937. more
Fernandes, Jorge M., Marc Debus and Hanna Bäck (2021): Unpacking the politics of legislative debates. European Journal of Political Research, 60, issue 4, pp. 1032-1045. more
Tosun, Jale, and Marc Debus (2021): Right-wing populist parties and environmental politics: Insights from the Austrian Freedom Party’s support for the glyphosate ban. Environmental Politics, 30, issue 1-2, pp. 224-244. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2020): Personalized versus partisan representation in the speeches of migrant members of parliament in the German Bundestag. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43, issue 9, pp. 1673-1691. more
Debus, Marc, and Rosa M. Navarrete (2020): Do regional party primaries affect the ideological cohesion of political parties in multi-level systems? Evidence from Spain. Party Politics, 26, issue 6, pp. 770-782. more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann and Marc Debus (2019): Coordination of legislative speech in times of crisis: Youth unemployment and debates on redistributive policies in the Swedish Riksdag, 1994–2014. International Journal of Social Welfare, 28, issue 4, pp. 404-417. more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2019): The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in Parliamentary-Party Groups. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 44, issue 1, pp. 163-193. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2019): When do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates. Political Studies, 67, issue 3, pp. 576–596. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2019): Party Competition and Government Formation in Germany: Business as Usual or New Patterns?. German Politics, 28, issue 1, pp. 80-100. more
Debus, Marc, and Thorsten Faas (2019): Die hessische Landtagswahl vom 28. Oktober 2018: Fortsetzung der schwarz-grünen Wunschehe mit starken Grünen und schwacher CDU. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 50, issue 2, pp. 245-262. more
Stecker, Christian, and Marc Debus (2019): Refugees Welcome? Zum Einfluss der Flüchtlingsunterbringung auf den Wahlerfolg der AfD bei der Bundestagswahl 2017 in Bayern. Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly, 60, issue 2, pp. 299-323. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2018): Representing the Region on the Floor: Socioeconomic Characteristics of Electoral Districts and Legislative Speechmaking. Parliamentary Affairs, 71, issue 1, pp. 73-102. more
Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2018): Does EU regional policy increase parties' support for European integration?. West European Politics, 41, issue 3, pp. 594-614. more
Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2018): Gaining new insights by going local: Determinants of coalition formation in mixed democratic polities. Public Choice, 174, issue 1-2, pp. 61-80. more
Schäfer, Constantin, and Marc Debus (2018): No Participation without Representation. Policy Distances and Abstention in European Parliament Elections. Journal of European Public Policy, 25, issue 12, pp. 1835-1854. more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Tristan Klingelhöfer (2017): Keeping One's Seat: The Competitiveness of MP Renomination in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems. The Journal of Politics, 79, issue 3, pp. 979-994. more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2017): Strength of weakness? Innerparteiliche Heterogenität, divergierende Koalitionspräferenzen und die Ergebnisse von Koalitionsverhandlungen in den deutschen Bundesländern. PVS Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 58, issue 2, pp. 179-204. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus and Fabian Wüst (2017): Governments, Parliaments and Legislative Activity. Political Science Research and Methods, 5, issue 3, pp. 529-554. more
Debus, Marc (2017): An ‘Angela Merkel effect’? The impact of gender on CDU/CSU voting intention between 1998 and 2013. German Politics, 26, issue 1, pp. 35-48. more
Debus, Marc, Jale Tosun and Marcel Maxeiner (2017): Support for Policies on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment among Parties and Coalition Governments. Politics & Policy, 45, issue 3, pp. 338-371. more
Williams, Laron K., Mary Stegmaier and Marc Debus (2017): Relaxing the Constant Economic Vote Restriction: Economic Evaluations and Party Support in Germany. Party Politics, 23, issue 3, pp. 286-296. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Heike Klüver (2016): Bicameralism, Intra-party Bargaining, and the Formation of Party Policy Positions: Evidence from the German Federal System. Party Politics, 22, issue 3, pp. 405-417. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Wolfgang C. Müller (2016): Intra-party diversity and ministerial selection in coalition governments. Public Choice, 166, issue 3-4, pp. 355-378. more
Bowler, Shaun, Thomas Bräuninger, Marc Debus and Indridi H. Indridason (2016): Let’s Just Agree to Disagree: Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Coalition Agreements. The Journal of Politics, 78, issue 4, pp. 1264-1278. more
Debus, Marc, and Martin Gross (2016): Coalition formation at the local level: Institutional constraints, party policy conflict, and office-seeking political parties. Party Politics, 22, issue 6, pp. 835-846. more
Debus, Marc (2016): Parlamentswahl in der Diktatur: Eine Analyse des Wählerverhaltens auf Ebene der Land- und Stadtkreise bei der Reichstagswahl vom 12. November 1933. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 47, issue 3, pp. 693-708. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jale Tosun (2015): Partisanship, Ministers and Biotechnology Policy. Review of Policy Research, 32, issue 5, pp. 556-575. more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2015): Convictions and Signals in Parliamentary Speeches: Dáil Éireann Debates on Abortion in 2001 and 2013. Irish Political Studies, 30, issue 2, pp. 199-219. more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2015): Personal Characteristics of MPs and Legislative Behavior in Moral Policy Making. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 40, issue 2, pp. 179-210. more
Mauerer, Ingrid, Paul W. Thurner and Marc Debus (2015): Under Which Conditions Do Parties Attract Voters’ Reactions to Issues? Party-Varying Issue Voting in German Elections 1987–2009. West European Politics, 38, issue 6, pp. 1251-1273. more
Tosun, Jale, Andreas Fleig and Marc Debus (2015): Bürger, Parteien und die Energiewende: Eine Analyse am Beispiel des hessischen Energiegipfels. Der moderne Staat: dms; Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 8, issue 1, pp. 153-171. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2014): Who takes the parliamentary floor? The role of gender in speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag. Political Research Quarterly, 67, issue 3, pp. 504-518. more
Debus, Marc (2014): Book review: Irina Stefuriuc: Government formation in Multi-Level Settings: Party Strategy and Institutional Constraints. West European Politics, 37, issue 5, pp. 1188-1190. more
Debus, Marc, and Hanna Bäck (2014): Der Einfluss von Mandatstyp und Wahlkreiseigenschaften auf die inhaltlichen Positionen in Parlamentsreden: Eine Untersuchung anhand der parlamentarischen Debatten im Deutschen Bundestag von 1998 bis 2002. Swiss Political Science Review, 20, issue 2, pp. 330-353. more
Debus, Marc, Mary Stegmaier and Jale Tosun (2014): Economic Voting under Coalition Governments: Evidence from Germany. Political Science Research and Methods, 2, issue 1, pp. 49-67. more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2014): Expected utility or learned familiarity? The formation of voters' coalition preferences. Electoral Studies, 34, issue 1, pp. 54-67. more
Debus, Marc, and Martin E. Hansen (2014): Representation of Women in the Parliament of the Weimar Republic: Evidence from Roll Call Votes. Politics & Gender, 10, issue 3, pp. 341-364. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Henry Bäck (2013): Regional Government Formation in Varying Multilevel Contexts: A Comparison of Eight European Countries. Regional Studies, 47, issue 3, pp. 368-387. more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Das legislative Verhalten von Bundestagsabgeordneten zwischen persönlichen Charakteristika, Wahlkreisinteressen und Parteilinie: Eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Auseinandersetzung um die Präimplantationsdiagnostik. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 23, issue 2, pp. 177-211. more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2013): Do Voters’ Coalition Preferences Affect Government Formation?. West European Politics, 36, issue 5, pp. 1007-1028. more
Debus, Marc, Christoph Knill and Jale Tosun (2013): Registration Fees for Same-Sex Unions, Local Party Politics and Societal Demand. Local Government Studies, 39, issue 6, pp. 756-777. more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2013): The programmatic development of CDU and CSU since reunification: Incentives and constraints for changing policy positions in the German multi-level system. German Politics, 22, issue 1-2, pp. 151-171. more
Debus, Marc, Christoph Knill and Jale Tosun (2013): Verwaltungsgebühren als Instrument symbolischer Steuerung: Kirchenaustrittsgebühren in baden-württembergischen Kommunen. Der Moderne Staat, 6, issue 1, pp. 191-209. more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2012): Bewertung möglicher Regierungen oder Spiegel des politischen Wettbewerbs? Determinanten der Koalitionspräferenzen der Wähler in den Bundesländern von 1990 bis 2009. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 22, issue 2, pp. 159-186. more
Hansen, Martin E., and Marc Debus (2012): The Behaviour of Political Parties and MPs in the Parliaments of the Weimar Republic. Party Politics, 18, issue 5 , pp. 709-726. more
Müller, Jochen, and Marc Debus (2012): „Second order“-Effekte und Determinanten der individuellen Wahlentscheidung bei Landtagswahlen: Eine Analyse des Wahlverhaltens im deutschen Mehrebenensystem. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, 6, issue 1, pp. 17-47. more
Osterloh, Steffen, and Marc Debus (2012): Partisan Politics in Corporate Taxation. European Journal of Political Economy, 28, issue 2, pp. 192-207. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Patrick Dumont (2011): Who Gets What in Coalition Governments? Predictors of Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Democracies. European Journal of Political Research, 50, issue 4, pp. 441-478. more
Debus, Marc, Jochen Müller and Peter Obert (2011): Europeanisation and government formation in multi-level systems: Evidence from the Czech Republic. European Union Politics, 12, issue 3, pp. 381-403. more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2011): Government Formation After the 2009 Federal Election: The Remake of the Christian–Liberal Coalition Under New Patterns of Party Competition. German Politics, 20, issue 1, pp. 164-185. more
Debus, Marc (2011): Portfolio allocation and policy compromises: How and why the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government. The Political Quarterly, 82, issue 2, pp. 293-304. more
Giger, Nathalie, Jochen Müller and Marc Debus (2011): Die Bedeutung des regionalen Kontexts für die programmatische Positionierung von Schweizer Kantonalparteien. Swiss Political Science Review, 17, issue 3, pp. 259-285. more
Debus, Marc, and Martin E. Hansen (2010): Die Dimensionalität der Reichstage der Weimarer Republik von 1920 bis 1932. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 51, issue 1, pp. 15-42. more
Debus, Marc (2010): Regierungsbildung, Ämterverteilung und Politikinhalte nach der Bundestagswahl 2009: Wer hat sich in der schwarz-gelben Koalition am besten durchgesetzt?. Zeitschrift für Politik, 57, issue 4, pp. 389-412. more
Debus, Marc (2010): Soziale Konfliktlinien und Wahlverhalten: Eine Analyse der Determinanten der Wahlabsicht bei Bundestagswahlen von 1969 bis 2009. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie , 62, issue 4, pp. 731-749. more
Knill, Christoph, Marc Debus and Stephan Heichel (2010): Do parties matter in internationalized policy areas? The impact of political parties on environmental policy outputs in 18 OECD countries 1970-2000. European Journal of Political Research, 49, issue 3, pp. 301-336. more
Linhart, Eric, Marc Debus and Thomas Bräuninger (2010): The 2009 Elections in Schleswig-Holstein: Polarised Electoral Campaign, Exceptional Election Results, and an Unspectacular Process of Government Formation. German Politics, 19, issue 2, pp. 237-253. more
Benoit, Kenneth, Thomas Bräuninger and Marc Debus (2009): Challenges for estimating policy preferences: Announcing an open access archive of political documents. German Politics, 18, issue 3, pp. 441-454. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2009): Legislative Agenda-Setting in Parliamentary Democracies. European Journal of Political Research, issue 6, pp. 804-839. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2009): Schwarz-Gelb, Schwarz-Rot, Jamaika oder die Ampel? Koalitionsbildungen in Bund und Ländern im Superwahljahr 2009. Zeitschrift für Politikberatung, 2, issue 3, pp. 563-567. more
Däubler, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2009): Government Formation and Policy Formulation in the German States. Regional & Federal Studies, 19, issue 1, pp. 73-95. more
Debus, Marc (2009): Analysing Party Politics in Germany with New Approaches for Estimating Policy Preferences of Political Actors. German Politics, 18, issue 3, pp. 281-300. more
Debus, Marc (2009): Pre-Electoral Commitments and Government Formation. Public Choice, issue 1, pp. 45-64. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2008): Der Einfluss von Koalitionsaussagen, programmatischen Standpunkten und der Bundespolitik auf die Regierungsbildung in den deutschen Ländern. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 49, issue 2, pp. 309-338. more
Brunner, Martin, and Marc Debus (2008): Between Programmatic Interests and Party Politics: The German Bundesrat in the Legislative Process. German Politics, 17, issue 3, pp. 232-251. more
Debus, Marc (2008): Office and Policy Payoffs in Coalition Governments. Party Politics, 14, issue 5, pp. 515-538. more
Debus, Marc (2008): Party Competition and Government Formation in Multilevel Settings: Evidence from Germany. Government & Opposition , 43, issue 4, pp. 505-538. more
Debus, Marc (2008): Unfulfilled Promises? German Social Democrats and their Policy Positions at Federal and State Level between 1994 and 2006. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 18, issue 2, pp. 201-224. more
Tosun, Jale, and Marc Debus (2008): Parteien, Regierungen und Europäische Integration: Welche Faktoren bestimmen die europapolitischen Positionen nationaler politischer Akteure?. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 37, issue 3, pp. 315-335. more

Book Chapters

Debus, Marc (2024): Muster des Parteienwettbewerbs zur Bundestagswahl 2021: Implikationen für die Regierungsbildung und die Stabilität der Ampelkoalition. Pp. 27-47 in: Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler. Analysen zur Bundestagswahl 2021. Wiesbaden: Springer. more
Debus, Marc (2024): Wer sind die Klimaskeptiker, und wie kann Vertrauen zurückgewonnen werden?. Pp. 223-232 in: Winfried Kretschmann (Ed.) Aus Zuversicht Wirklichkeit machen. Gedanken zum Zusammenhalt in Zeiten des Umbruchs. Freiburg: Herder. more
Debus, Marc (2023): Education, political sophistication, cohesive policy signals and proximity voting: Do voters choose the party that reflects their interests?. Pp. 269-288 in: Thorsten Faas, Sascha Huber, Mona Krewel, Sigrid Roßteutscher (Eds.) Informationsflüsse, Wahlen und Demokratie. Festschrift für Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Debus, Marc (2023): Ursula von der Leyen, geb. Albrecht (CDU). Pp. 245-250 in: Udo Kempf, Markus Gloe (Eds.) Kanzler und Minister 2013 - 2021: Biografisches Lexikon der deutschen Bundesregierungen. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Navarrete, Rosa M., and Marc Debus (2023): The Importance of EU Issues in German Elections. Pp. 205-230 in: Marina Costa Lobo (Ed.) The Impact of EU Politicisation on Voting Behaviour in Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Debus, Marc (2022): EU stances of mainstream political parties. Pp. 576-585 in: Paolo Graziano, Jale Tosun (Eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of European Union Public Policy . Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. more
Debus, Marc (2022): Politische Partizipation. Pp. 118-133 in: Thomas Rahlf (Ed.) Deutschland in Daten. Zeitreihen zur historischen Statistik. aktualisierte 2. Auflage, Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes (2021): The politics of legislative debates: An introduction. Pp. 1-20 in: Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus, Jorge M. Fernandes (Eds.) The Politics of Legislative Debates. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes (2021): Unpacking comparative patterns in legislative debates. Pp. 825-850 in: Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus, Jorge M. Fernandes (Eds.) The Politics of Legislative Debates. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Debus, Marc, Holger Döring and Alejandro Ecker (2021): Germany: From Stable Coalition Camps to New Complexity. Pp. 247-283 in: Torbjörn Bergman, Hanna Bäck, Johan Hellström (Eds.) Coalition Governments in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Debus, Marc (2021): Kosmopolitisches und parochiales Freizeit- und Urlaubsverhalten und ihr Einfluss auf Kandidatensympathie und Wahlabsicht im Kontext der Bundestagswahl 2017. Pp. 273-295 in: Bernhard Weßels, Harald Schoen (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler. Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2017. Wiesbaden: SpringerVS. more
Debus, Marc (2021): Parteienwettbewerb und Koalitionsbildung in Baden-Württemberg im Rahmen der Landtagswahl 2021. Pp. 21-41 in: Felix Hörisch, Stefan Wurster (Eds.) Kiwi im Südwesten. Eine Bilanz der zweiten Regierung Kretschmann 2016-2021. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Tosun, Jale, and Marc Debus (2021): Operationalising and Explaining Environmental Policy Styles. Pp. 123-134 in: Michael Howlett, Jale Tosun (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Policy Styles. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2020): Soziale Konflikte, sozialer Wandel, sozialer Kontext und Wählerverhalten. Pp. 437-457 in: Thorsten Faas, Oscar W. Gabriel, Jürgen Maier (Eds.) Politikwissenschaftliche Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2019): Die programmatischen Positionen der deutschen Parteien zur Bundestagswahl 2017: Ergebnisse einer Expertenbefragung. Pp. 93-113 in: Marc Debus, Markus Tepe, Jan Sauermann (Eds.) Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie Band 11. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Dassonneville, Ruth, Marc Hooghe and Marc Debus (2018): Economic voting in a federal country: Overcoming the limited clarity of responsibility. Pp. 161-182 in: Kris Deschouwer (Ed.) Mind the Gap. Political Participation and Representation in Belgium. London: Rowman & Littlefield. more
Dassonneville, Ruth, Pierre Baudewyns, Marc Debus and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): The time of the vote. Causes and consequences of late deciding. Pp. 201-225 in: Kris Deschouwer (Ed.) Mind the Gap. Political Participation and Representation in Belgium. London: Rowman & Littlefield. more
Debus, Marc (2018): Pariah Parties, Policy Profiles and Party Politics in a Multilevel System: Coalition Formation in Germany, 2017–2018. Pp. 189-205 in: Brigid Laffan, Lorenzo Cicci (Eds.) 2017: Europe’s Bumper Year of Elections. Florence: European University Institute. more
Debus, Marc (2017): Die Thematisierung der Flüchtlingskrise im Vorfeld der Landtagswahlen 2016: Mangelnde Responsivität als eine Ursache für den Erfolg der AfD?. Pp. 91-98 in: Christoph Bieber, Andreas Blätte, Karl-Rudolf Korte, Niko Switek (Eds.) Regieren in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft. Impulse zur Integrationsdebatte aus Sicht der Regierungsforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Debus, Marc (2017): O impacto das coligações nas preferências dos eleitores e no comportamento eleitoral. Pp. 93-107 in: Silvana Krause, Carlos Machado, Luís Felipe Miguel (Eds.) Coligações e disputas eleitorais na nova República. Aportes teórico-metodológicos, tendências e estudos de caso. Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Editora Unesp. more
Debus, Marc (2017): Verrückte Verhältnisse? Wahlverhalten und Parteienwettbewerb in Baden-Württemberg zwischen 2011 und 2016. Pp. 15-45 in: Felix Hörisch, Stefan Wurster (Eds.) Das grün‐rote Experiment in Baden-Württemberg. Eine Bilanz der Landesregierung Kretschmann 2011−2016. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Fleig, Andreas, and Marc Debus (2017): Außergewöhnliche Ereignisse und responsives Regieren: Die Auswirkungen der Energiewende auf das Vertrauen in politische Institutionen. Pp. 167-190 in: Rahel Schomaker (Ed.) Die europäische Energiewende. Berlin: De Gruyter. more
Wessler, Hartmut, Christoph Kilian Theil, Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Angelika Storrer and Marc Debus (2017): 'Wikiganda' : Detecting Bias in Multimodal Wikipedia Entries. Pp. 201-224 in: Ognyan Seizov, Janina Wildfeuer (Eds.) New studies in multimodality: Conceptual and methodological elaborations. London, New York: Bloomsbury. more
Debus, Marc (2016): Weder ein „modern gender gap“ noch „same gender voting“ in Deutschland? Zum Einfluss des Geschlechts auf das individuelle Wahlverhalten bei den Bundestagswahlen zwischen 1998 und 2013. Pp. 271-293 in: Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler. Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2013. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Müller, Jochen, and Marc Debus (2016): Koalitionsoptionen und Lagerdenken aus Wählerperspektive. Eine Analyse anhand der Parteiensympathien der Bundesbürger von 1977 bis 2011. Pp. 119-148 in: Sigrid Roßteutscher, Thorsten Faas, Ulrich Rosar (Eds.) Bürger und Wähler im Wandel der Zeit: 25 Jahre Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung in Deutschland. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Debus, Marc, Heiner Stuckenschmidt and Hartmut Wessler (2015): On the Use of Different Modalities in Political Communication: Evidence from German Election Manifestos. Pp. 211-225 in: Janina Wildfeuer (Ed.) Building Bridges for Multimodal Research: International Perspectives on Theories and Practices of Multimodal Analysis. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. more
Debus, Marc (2015): Politische Partizipation. Pp. 114-129 in: Thomas Rahlf (Ed.) Deutschland in Daten. Zeitreihen zur historischen Statistik. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. more
Debus, Marc (2014): Coalition Theory. Pp. 572-573 in: Michael T. Gibbons, Diana Coole, Elisabeth Ellis, Kennan Ferguson (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Political Thought. New York, Oxford, New Delhi: Blackwell Publishing. more
Debus, Marc (2014): Reagieren Parteien auf die Präferenzen der Wähler in der Krise? Eine Evaluierung des programmatischen Verhaltens der deutschen Parteien zwischen 2009 und 2013. Pp. 166-181 in: Erwin Teufel, Winfried Mack (Eds.) Aus der Krise lernen: Auf dem Weg zu einer weltoffenen und humanen Gesellschaft. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder. more
Debus, Marc, and Thorsten Faas (2013): Die Piratenpartei in der ideologisch-programmatischen Parteienkonstellation Deutschlands: Das Füllen einer Lücke?. Pp. 189-212 in: Oskar Niedermayer (Ed.) Die Piratenpartei. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Debus, Marc (2013): Koalitionspräferenzen als erklärende Komponente des Wahlverhaltens: Eine Untersuchung anhand der Bundestagswahl 2009. Pp. 57-76 in: Thorsten Faas, Kai Arzheimer, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Koalitionen, Kandidaten, Kommunikation: Analysen zur Bundestagswahl 2009. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2013): Lohnt sich der Sprung über den Lagergraben? Existenz und Effekte politischer Lager im bundesdeutschen Parteienwettbewerb. Pp. 259-278 in: Frank Decker, Eckhard Jesse (Eds.) Die deutsche Koalitionsdemokratie vor der Bundestagswahl 2013. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Debus, Marc (2012): Sozialstrukturelle und einstellungsbasierte Determinanten des Wahlverhaltens und ihr Einfluss bei Bundestagswahlen im Zeitverlauf: Westdeutschland 1976 - 2009. Pp. 40-62 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Ed.) Wählen in Deutschland. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Faas, Thorsten, and Marc Debus (2012): Die Piraten am Wahlomat: Programme und inhaltliche Standpunkte einer (relativ) neuen Partei. Pp. 223–232 in: Christoph Bieber, Claus Leggewie (Eds.) Unter Piraten: Erkundungen in einer neuen politischen Arena. Bielefeld: Transcript. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2011): Die Regierungsbildung nach der Bundestagswahl 2009: Wie wahrscheinlich ist eine Neuauflage der Großen Koalition?. Pp. 261-286 in: Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer (Ed.) Politik im Klimawandel: Keine Macht für gerechte Lösungen?. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Debus, Marc (2011): Parteienwettbewerb, Regierungsbildung und Ergebnisse der Koalitionsverhandlungen nach der Bundestagswahl 2009. Pp. 281-306 in: Oskar Niedermayer (Ed.) Die Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl 2009. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2010): The Sources of Bipartisan Politics in Parliamentary Democracies. Pp. 145-164 in: Thomas König, George Tsebelis, Marc Debus (Eds.) Reform processes and policy change: Veto players and decision-making in modern democracies. New York: Springer. more
Debus, Marc (2010): Sympathien gegenüber politischen Akteuren und ihre Auswirkungen auf die individuelle Wahlentscheidung: Mehr als nur eine Nebensache?. Pp. 291-313 in: Thorsten Faas, Kai Arzheimer, Sigrid Roßteutscher (Eds.) Information, Wahrnehmung, Emotion : Politische Psychologie in der Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaft. more
König, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2010): Veto Players, Reform Processes and Policy Change: Concluding Remarks. Pp. 269-283 in: Thomas König, George Tsebelis, Marc Debus (Eds.) Reform Processes and Policy Change: Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies. New York: Springer. more
Debus, Marc, and Thomas Bräuninger (2008): Intra-Party Factions and Coalition Bargaining in Germany. Pp. 121-145 in: Daniela Giannetti, Kenneth Benoit (Eds.) Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Democracies. London: Routledge. more
Debus, Marc (2008): Parteienwettbewerb und Koalitionsbildung in den deutschen Bundesländern zwischen 1994 und 2006. Pp. 57-78 in: Uwe Jun, Oskar Niedermayer, Melanie Haas (Eds.) Parteien und Parteiensysteme in den deutschen Ländern. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Tosun, Jale, and Marc Debus (2007): Adjusting to the European Union: What are the effects of European integration on party and government policy positions?. Pp. 429-465 in: Morten Egeberg (Ed.) Institutional Dynamics and the Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe. Mannheim. more

MZES Working Papers

Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Estimating Policy Positions of Political Actors Across Countries and Time. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 153] more

Papers / Reports

Heichel, Stephan, Martin Gross and Marc Debus (2018): Cohesion policy implementation, performance and communication: Baden-Württemberg case study. [COHESIFY research paper] more
Heichel, Stephan, Martin Gross and Marc Debus (2018): Cohesion policy implementation, performance and communication: Thuringia case study. [COHESIFY research paper] more
Debus, Marc, and Martin Gross (2017): Positions on and issue emphasis of European integration and EU Cohesion policy: Analysing (sub-)national party manifestos. [COHESIFY research paper; 4] more
Osterloh, Steffen, and Marc Debus (2009): Partisan Politics in Corporate Tax Competition. Mannheim [ZEW Discussion Papers] more

Web Publications

Debus, Marc, Julius Kölzer and Christian Stecker (2024): Rekorde im Westen – welche Faktoren erklären die Zugewinne der AfD in Hessen und Bayern?, DVPW-Blog more
Debus, Marc (2023): Schwächt eine programmatische Annäherung der Unionsparteien an die AfD den Wahlerfolg der Rechtspopulisten? Eher nicht., DVPW-Blog more
Debus, Marc (2022): Umwelt- und Naturschutzpolitik im politischen Prozess. Programmatischer Wandel von Parteien und Änderungen in den Zuschnitten der Kabinette in Deutschland, Dossier Naturschutzpolitik, 2022, https://www.bpb.de/themen/umwelt/naturschutzpolitik/510433/umwelt-und-naturschutzpolitik-im-politischen-prozess/ more
Debus, Marc (2020): Das Internet als „zuverlässigste Informationsquelle“ und das Vertrauen in politische Institutionen, Blog des Projekts digilog@bw, https://digilog-bw.de/blog/das-internet-als-zuverlaessigste-informationsquelle-und-das-vertrauen-in-politische more
Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2015): Local politicians take the party affiliation of directly elected mayors into account when forming coalitions, Democratic Audit UK, http://www.democraticaudit.com/?p=14998 more
Thomas Bräuninger, Marc Debus, Kenneth Benoit: Political Documents Archive. Online: URL: http://www.polidoc.net/ more

Conference Presentations

Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Michael Imre (2024): Incumbency Advantages, Prime Minister Replacements and Government Formation. [ECPR General Conference, Dublin, Irland, August 12th to August 15th, 2024] more
Debus, Marc, Noam Himmelrath and David Schweizer (2024): Climate crisis or business as usual? Examining parliamentary discourse on climate change over time. [29. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Göttingen, September 24th to September 27th, 2024] more
Debus, Marc (2024): Repräsentationslücken und programmatisches Angebot der Parteien im deutschen Parteiensystem. [Workshop "Gesellschaft und Parteien in der Transformation“, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Cadenabbia, May 24th to May 26th, 2024] more
Debus, Marc, Johannes Lattmann and Sarah Wagner (2023): Candidate-Party Ideological Congruence, Competitive Electoral Districts, and the Outcomes of Candidate Selection Processes. [80th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Il, April 13th to April 16th, 2023] more
Debus, Marc, Johannes Lattmann and Sarah Wagner (2023): Candidate-Party Ideological Congruence, Competitive Electoral Districts, and the Outcomes of Candidate Selection Processes. [13th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Glasgow, June 22nd to June 24th, 2023] more
Debus, Marc, and Richard Traunmüller (2023): Former social democratic partisanship, working-class background and support for radical right-wing parties. [CfP IASGP 2023 Annual Conference – “Shocks to the German system? German politics in 2023”, Mannheim, November 30th to December 01st, 2023] more
Debus, Marc, Noam Himmelrath and Christian Stecker (2023): How a history of migration affects citizens’ political attitudes. [29th International Conference of Europeanists, Reykjavik, June 27th to June 29th, 2023] more
Debus, Marc, Christopher Klamm, Simone Ponzetto, Ines Rehbein and Sarah Wagner (2023): How parties frame the Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of parties’ press releases and parliamentary speeches. [80th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 13th to April 16th, 2023] more
Debus, Marc, and L. Constantin Wurthmann (2023): Improving Substantive Representation Through Descriptive Representation? The Case of LGBTQ Candidates for Parliament. [Workshop ‘Democratic Citizens and Political Elites: Communication, Interaction and Congruence’, Mainz, March 09th to March 10th, 2023] more
Debus, Marc, and David Schweizer (2023): The differentiated impact of perceived EU regional policy on citizens’ position on European integration. [29th International Conference of Europeanists, Reykjavik, June 27th to June 29th, 2023] more
Debus, Marc (2023): Wer sind die Transformationsskeptiker und wie kann Vertrauen in demokratische politische Institutionen zurückgewonnen werden?. [Tagung "Gemeinsam handeln – die Gesellschaft in der Transformation zusammenhalten", Mannheim, October 20th to October 21st, 2023] more
Debus, Marc, and Noam Himmelrath (2023): Who runs in the end? The effect of gender, ethnic background and electoral district characteristics on candidate selection. [8th Conference of the Standing Group on Parliaments (ECPR), Wien, July 06th to July 08th, 2023] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2022): Political Polarization and Bargaining Delays: Evidence from the German Federal States. [Paneltagung: Jetzt wird regiert - Aktuelle Herausforderungen der deutschen Koalitionsdemokratie, (virtual conference), March 30th to March 31st, 2022] more
Debus, Marc, and Or Tuttnauer (2022): The impact of coalition heterogeneity and negative campaigning on support for government parties. [Annual Conference of the Swiss Political Science Association, (virtual conference), February 03rd to February 04th, 2022] more
Däubler, Thomas, Marc Debus and Alejandro Ecker (2021): The impact of party campaign statements on portfolio allocation in coalition governments. [Workshop “Coalition Dynamics: Advances in the Study of the Coalition Life-Cycle”, Wien, November 12th to November 13th, 2021] more
Debus, Marc, and Okan Sarioglu (2021): Determinanten der Auswahl von Vizepräsidentschafts-kandidaten von Demokraten und Republikanern in den Präsidentschaftswahlkämpfen von 1948 bis 2020. [Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie der DVPW, (virtual conference), July 09th, 2021] more
Debus, Marc, and Noam Himmelrath (2021): Does Age Make a Difference? The Effect of MPs' Age on their Activity in Parliamentary Debates on Climate Change. [28. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, (virtual conference), September 14th to September 16th, 2021] more
Debus, Marc (2021): Parteien. Populismus. Pandemie. Protestwahl? Das baden-württembergische Parteiensystem vor der Landtagswahl. [Wahl-Web-Talk der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg, (virtual), January 27th, 2021] more
Debus, Marc (2021): Parteienwettbewerb und Koalitionsbildung in Baden-Württemberg im Rahmen der Landtagswahl 2021. [Kiwi im Südwesten – Eine Bilanz der zweiten Regierung Kretschmann 2016-2021, (virtual workshop), March 17th to March 18th, 2021] more
Debus, Marc (2021): Person, Partei, Programm - was die Wahl entscheidet. [POLITISCH BILDET – Landtagswahl 2021 spezial. Podcast der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung , (virtuell), February 04th, 2021] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2018): Personalized versus partisan representation in the speeches of migrant MPs in the German Bundestag. [27. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, September 25th to September 28th, 2018] more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2018): Business as usual? Party competition and government formation in Germany following the refugee crisis. [Jahrestagung des DVPW Arbeitskreises Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie, Oldenburg, May 31st to June 01st, 2018] more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2018): Jamaica, minority government or grand coalition? Government formation after the Bundestagwahl 2017. [44th Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP), GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, May 29th to May 30th, 2018] more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2018): Party Competition and Government Formation in Germany: Business as Usual or New Patterns?. [27. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, September 25th to September 28th, 2018] more
Däubler, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2018): Party Constituencies and Campaigning on Welfare State Issues. [76th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 05th to April 08th, 2018] more
Debus, Marc (2018): Pariah parties, policy profiles and party politics in a multi-level system: coalition formation in Germany 2017/2018. [Conference "2017: Europe’s Bumper Year of Elections", European University Institute, Florence, March 08th to March 09th, 2018] more
Stecker, Christian, and Marc Debus (2018): Refugees Welcome? The presence of refugees and the electoral success of the right-wing populist AfD in Germany. [8th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Vienna, June 21st to June 23rd, 2018] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2017): Analyzing the Apportionment of Speaking Time in Parliamentary Party Groups: Does the Electoral Cycle Matter?. [4th Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Basel, June 29th to July 01st, 2017] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann and Marc Debus (2017): Who Speaks for Young People? An Analysis of Debates on (Youth) Unemployment in the Swedish Riksdag, 1994–2014. [Youth in a Post-Crisis Europe: Policy-Making and its Effects, Lissabon, September 21st to September 22nd, 2017] more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2017): Economic hardship and the policy emphases of political parties in the last weeks of an election campaign: Evidence from nine European countries. [75th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 06th to April 09th, 2017] more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2017): Strength of weakness? Intra-Party Heterogeneity and Coalition Negotiations. [113th APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, August 31st to September 03rd, 2017] more
Debus, Marc (2017): Education, political sophistication, intra-party policy cohesion and proximity voting: Do voters choose the ‘right’ party?. [11th ECPR General Conference, Oslo, September 06th to September 09th, 2017] more
Debus, Marc, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2017): Group-serving bias and confirmation bias von Wählern im Spiegel der Politbarometerdaten. [Wählerverhalten und Parteiensystem im Wandel - 40 Jahre Politbarometer. Symposium anlässlich des 40-jährigen Bestehens des Politbarometers, Universität Mannheim, November 23rd, 2017] more
Debus, Marc (2017): Parteienwettbewerb und Muster der Regierungsbildung im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2017. [Inaugural conference of the Mainz Centre for Empirical Democracy Research, University of Mainz, March 02nd to March 04th, 2017] more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2017): Parteienwettbewerb und Responsivität politischer Akteure in Mehrebenensystemen. [Workshop "Responsivität", University of Duisburg-Essen, January 21st, 2017] more
Debus, Marc (2017): Vertrauen, responsives Regieren und soziale Partizipation als Grundlagen für eine demokratische Stadtgesellschaft. [Urban Thinkers Campus, Mannheim, October 20th to October 22nd, 2017] more
Navarrete, Rosa M., and Marc Debus (2017): Do regional party primaries affect the ideological congruence of political parties in multi-level systems?. [Workshop ‘Governance Challenges in Multi-Level Environments: The policy, politics, and polity implications of territoriality’, Solstrand, June 29th to June 30th, 2017] more
Navarrete, Rosa M., and Marc Debus (2017): Do regional primaries affect the ideological congruence of political parties?. [7th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Milan, June 22nd to June 24th, 2017] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2016): Representing the Region on the Floor Electoral Districts, Economic Characteristics, and Speechmaking in the German Bundestag. [Parliaments in Challenging Times. 3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, München, June 30th to July 02nd, 2016] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2016): The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups. [74th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 07th to April 10th, 2016] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2016): When do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates. [Parliaments in Challenging Times. 3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, München, June 30th to July 02nd, 2016] more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2016): Innerparteiliche Zerstrittenheit, divergierende Koalitionspräferenzen und Ergebnisse von Koalitionsverhandlungen. [Annual meeting of the Analytical Politics Section (Arbeitskreis Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie) of the German Political Science Association, University of Cologne, May 20th to May 21st, 2016] more
Debus, Marc (2016): Die Integrationsdebatte in den Wahlkämpfen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz: Implikationen für (künftiges) Wahlverhalten und Regierungsbildung. [Presentation, NRW School of Governance, University of Duisburg, May 04th, 2016] more
Debus, Marc, and Martin E. Hansen (2016): Party competition, election manifestos and roll call votes in the formation process of a parliamentary democracy: Evidence from Weimar Germany. [Parliaments in Challenging Times. 3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, München, June 30th to July 02nd, 2016] more
Debus, Marc, and Martin E. Hansen (2016): Party competition, election manifestos and roll call votes in the formation process of a parliamentary democracy: Evidence from Weimar Germany. [Workshop ‘The Politics of Parliamentarization’, University of Bremen, July 14th to July 15th, 2016] more
Debus, Marc (2016): Verrückte Verhältnisse? Wahlverhalten und Parteienwettbewerb in Baden‐Württemberg zwischen 2011 und 2016. [Workshop 'Das grün‐rote Experiment ‐ Eine Bilanz der Landesregierung Kretschmann', Universität Heidelberg, March 17th to March 18th, 2016] more
Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2016): EU regional policy and the support for European integration among political parties. [MZES-Workshop "Vices and Virtues of Decentralization: Challenges in European multi-level Democracies", MZES, Mannheim, November 25th to November 26th, 2016] more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Tristan Klingelhöfer (2015): Incumbent MPs, contenders and competition for the best places: Determinants of intra-party candidate selection in the run-up to the 2013 Bundestag election. [26. wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, September 21st to September 25th, 2015] more
Debus, Marc, Thomas Bräuninger and Jochen Müller (2015): Forecasting coalition formation in Germany. [Joint MZES-SFB Workshop ‘Political Forecasting’, MZES, Mannheim, December 18th, 2015] more
Debus, Marc, Jale Tosun and Marcel Maxeiner (2015): Parties and their positions on entrepreneurship over time: Does the historical legacy of a political system matter or is economic problem pressure the decisive factor?. [SASE 27th Annual Conference, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, July 14th, 2015] more
Debus, Marc, Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Angelika Storrer and Hartmut Wessler (2015): Wikiganda: How neutral is Wikipedia?. [BreMM15: Second Bremen Conference on Multimodality, Universität Bremen, September 21st to September 22nd, 2015] more
Schäfer, Constantin, and Marc Debus (2015): Euroscepticism, Policy Alienation and Abstention in the 2014 EP Elections. [Conference "The 2014 European Parliament Elections in Perspective: European Elections Studies 1979-2014", MZES, Mannheim, November 06th to November 08th, 2015] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2014): Campaigning in the House: The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups. [4th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Edinburgh, June 19th to June 21st, 2014] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2014): Campaigning in the House: The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups. [8th ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, September 03rd to September 06th, 2014] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jale Tosun (2014): Partisanship, Ministers and Environmental Policy Outputs: A Comparative Analysis of Biotechnology Regulation in the EU Countries. [72nd Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 03rd to April 06th, 2014] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jale Tosun (2014): Partisanship, Ministers and Environmental Policy Outputs: A Comparative Analysis of Biotechnology Regulation in the EU Countries. [Meeting of the Analytical Politics Section of the German Political Science Association, Budapest, May 23rd to May 24th, 2014] more
Bowler, Shaun, Thomas Bräuninger, Marc Debus and Indridi H. Indridason (2014): The impact of intra-coalition conflict on dispute settlement rules in coalition agreements. [72nd Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 03rd to April 06th, 2014] more
Debus, Marc, and Martin Gross (2014): Institutional Constraints, Party Policy Conflict and Coalition Formation in Multilevel Systems: Evidence from the German Local Level. [Swiss Political Science Association Annual Convention, Universität Bern, January 30th to January 31st, 2014] more
Debus, Marc, Heiner Stuckenschmidt and Hartmut Wessler (2014): On the Use of Different Modalities in Political Communication: Evidence from German Election Manifestos. [First Bremen Conference on Multimodality "Bridging the Gap between Here and There: Combining Multimodal Analysis from International Perspectives", University of Bremen, September 10th to September 13th, 2014] more
Klingelhöfer, Tristan, Jochen Müller and Marc Debus (2014): Scrutinizing the Assumption of Consistency Benefits in Research on Multi-Level Party Politics.. [21st International Conference of Europeanists, Washington D.C., March 14th to March 16th, 2014] more
Williams, Laron K., Mary Stegmaier and Marc Debus (2014): The Dynamics of German Party Support. [4th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Edinburgh, June 19th to June 21st, 2014] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Who is allowed to take the floor? Individual and party-level determinants of the number of legislative speeches delivered by Swedish MPs. [Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Cardiff, March 25th to March 27th, 2013] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Who is allowed to take the floor? The role of saliency and gender when explaining speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag. [71st National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 11th to April 14th, 2013] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Who takes the parliamentary floor? Party- and gender-specific issue attention in speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag. [European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Barcelona, June 20th to June 22nd, 2013] more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Beyond Party Unity: MPs' Personal Traits and Legislative Behavior on Moral Policy Issues. [ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Mainz, March 12th to March 15th, 2013] more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Giving Signals in Parliamentary Speeches: An Analysis of the Debates on Abortion Legislation in Ireland 2001 and 2013. [7th ECPR General Conference, Sciences Po, Bordeaux, September 04th to September 07th, 2013] more
Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2013): Institutional Constraints, Party Policy Conflict and Coalition Formation at the Local Level: Evidence from 29 German Cities. [3rd Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Barcelona, June 20th to June 22nd, 2013] more
Däubler, Thomas, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2012): Battle over bases: German military reform between partisan interests and economic constraints. [European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Berlin, June 21st to June 23rd, 2012] more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2012): Gibt es politische Lager? Lohnt sich der Sprung über den Lagergraben? Eine Analyse auf Grundlage der programmatischen Positionen der deutschen Landesparteien von 1990 bis 2011. [Tagung "Die deutsche Koalitionsdemokratie vor der Bundestagswahl 2013", Tutzing, January 13th to January 15th, 2012] more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2012): Koalitionsaussagen, Policy-Positionen der Landesparteien oder die Bundespolitik: Welche Faktoren bestimmen die Koalitionspräferenzen der Wähler in den Bundesländern von 1990 bis 2009?. [Jubiläumstagung 25 Jahre DVPW-Arbeitskreis „Wahlen und Politische Einstellungen“, Frankfurt, June 28th to June 29th, 2012] more
Bräuninger, Thomas, and Marc Debus (2011): The policy agenda of political parties in multi-level systems: Do German parties differ in their programmatic profile between the state and federal level?. [6th ECPR General Conference, Reykjavik, August 24th to August 28th, 2011] more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2011): Coalition preferences of voters and government formation in European multi-level systems: Evidence from Germany. [6th ECPR General Conference, Reykjavik, August 25th to August 27th, 2011] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Wolfgang C. Müller (2011): Intra-party conflict and office allocation in coalition governments. [ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments Conference, Leiden, November 24th to November 25th, 2011] more
Debus, Marc, and Paul W. Thurner (2011): Issue Voting in German Elections over Time. [European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Dublin, June 16th to June 18th, 2011] more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2011): The programmatic development of CDU and CSU since reunification: Incentives and constraints for changing policy positions in the German multi-level system. [The CDU: Continuities, Challenges and Changes, Birmingham, June 24th, 2011] more
Debus, Marc, Christoph Knill and Jale Tosun (2011): Why should gay couples pay more? An analysis of fees for same-sex unions in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. [6th ECPR General Conference, Reykjavik, August 25th to August 27th, 2011] more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2011): Why Voters like some Coalitions and dislike Others: Evidence from the German Multilevel System. [European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Dublin, June 16th to June 18th, 2011] more
Müller, Jochen, Nathalie Giger and Marc Debus (2011): Die Bedeutung des regionalen Kontexts für die programmatische Positionierung von Schweizer Kantonalparteien. [Dreiländertagung von SVPW, DVPW und ÖGPW, Basel, January 13th to January 14th, 2011] more
Müller, Jochen, and Marc Debus (2011): Government Formation and Portfolio Allocation: Evidence from Scotland and Wales. [Political Studies Association Annual Conference, London, April 18th to April 21st, 2011] more
Müller, Jochen, and Marc Debus (2011): The 'Second-orderness’ of Voting Behaviour in State Elections: Evidence from the German Multi-level System. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Seattle, September 01st to September 04th, 2011] more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2010): Assessing the implications of policy positions on the sub-national level: Evidence from nine European countries. [Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Edinburgh, March 29th to April 01st, 2010] more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2010): Assessing the implications of policy preferences of political parties on the sub-national level: Evidence from nine European countries. [68th National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22nd to April 25th, 2010] more
Debus, Marc (2010): Parteienwettbewerb, Regierungsbildung und Ergebnisse der Koalitionsverhandlungen nach der Bundestagswahl 2009. ["Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl 2009", Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises "Parteienforschung" der DVPW, Berlin, October 14th to October 15th, 2010] more
Debus, Marc (2010): Portfolio Allocation and Policy Compromises: How the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government. [Konferenz "The Coalition Government in the UK in Comparative Perspective", University of Sussex, Brighton, October 22nd, 2010] more
Debus, Marc, and Jochen Müller (2010): Regional Government Formation in Varying Multi-Level Contexts: A Comparison of Eight European Countries. [Towards a Regional Political Science, Edinburgh, June 23rd to June 25th, 2010] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Wolfgang C. Müller (2010): The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties: An Evaluation of the Method of Deriving MPs’ Policy Positions from Parliamentary Speeches. [68th National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22nd to April 25th, 2010] more
Debus, Marc, and Thomas Bräuninger (2009): Die Regierungsbildung nach der Bundestagswahl 2009: Wie wahrscheinlich ist eine Neuauflage der großen Koalition?. ["Workshop zur Bundestagswahl 2009“; Tagung der Arbeitskreise „Wahlen und politische Einstellungen“ und „Politische Kommunikation“ auf dem Kongress der DVPW, Kiel, September 21st to September 25th, 2009] more
Debus, Marc, and Thomas Bräuninger (2009): Estimating Hand- and Computer-Coded Policy Positions of Political Actors Across Countries and Time. [67th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 02nd to April 05th, 2009] more
Debus, Marc (2009): Government formation in varying multi-level contexts: first results of a project on regional party competition in Europe. [Understanding Regional Democracy: Final seminar in the ESRC seminar series ‘Democracy after the Nation-State’, Florenz, June 17th to June 18th, 2009] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Henry Bäck (2009): Regional government formation in varying multi-level contexts: A comparison of Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. [ECPR Conference 2009 Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon, April 14th to April 19th, 2009] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Henry Bäck (2009): Regional Government Formation in Varying Multi-Level Contexts: A Comparison of Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. [IPSA 2009 World Congress of Political Science, Santiago de Chile, July 12th to July 16th, 2009] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Wolfgang C. Müller (2009): The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties: An Analysis of Parliamentary Speeches in Austria and Germany. [ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 10th to September 12th, 2009] more
Müller, Wolfgang C., Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus (2009): The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties. An Analysis of Parliamentary Speeches in Austria and Germany. [ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 10th to September 12th, 2009] more
Bäck, Hanna, Patrick Dumont and Marc Debus (2008): Who Gets What in Coalition Governments? Predictors of Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Democracies. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, Mass., August 28th to August 31st, 2008] more
Debus, Marc (2008): Parteien- und Kandidatensympathie als Einflussfaktoren auf die individuelle Wahlentscheidung. [Information - Wahrnehmung - Emotion. Die Bedeutung kognitiver und affektiver Prozesse für die Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises "Wahlen und politischen Einstellungen" der DVPW, Duisburg, May 15th to May 16th, 2008] more
Debus, Marc (2008): The Impact of Pre-Electoral Alliances and Coalition Rejections on Government Formation. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, Mass., August 28th to August 31st, 2008] more