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  1. Coalition government formation and policy payoffs

    Article • European Journal of Political Research, October 2025, Cambridge University Press

    David Willumsen

  2. Where do we go? Explaining democratic capital location preferences

    Article • Political Geography, September 2025, Elsevier

    David Willumsen

  3. Government alternation and satisfaction with democracy

    Article • West European Politics, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    David Willumsen

  4. Who gets to speak for the party? How parliamentary party groups select spokespersons

    Article • Legislative Studies Quarterly, February 2025, Wiley

    David Willumsen

  5. Coalition government, frustrated majorities, and minority rule

    Article • Party Politics, May 2024, SAGE Publications

    David Willumsen

  6. Free votes and the analysis of recorded votes: evidence from Germany (1949–2021)

    Article • West European Politics, September 2022, Taylor & Francis

    David Willumsen

  7. Policy preferences, unity, and floor dissent in the European Parliament

    Article • Journal of European Public Policy, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    David Willumsen

  8. Denmark

    Article • October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Willumsen

  9. Staggered Terms in Majoritarian and Nonmajoritarian Institutions

    Article • February 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Willumsen

  10. Alpine Troubles: Trajectories of De‐Consociationalisation in Austria and Switzerland Compared

    Article • Swiss Political Science Review, August 2019, Wiley

    David Willumsen

  11. How does turnover affect turnout? Government alternation and voter participation in parliamentary democracies

    Article • Electoral Studies, June 2019, Elsevier

    David Willumsen

  12. How does staggered membership renewal affect parliamentary behaviour? Evidence from the French Senate

    Article • European Political Science Review, May 2019, Cambridge University Press

    David Willumsen

  13. So far away from me? The effect of geographical distance on representation

    Article • West European Politics, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    David Willumsen

  14. Do electoral district size and diversity affect legislative behaviour?

    Article • Australian Journal of Political Science, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    David Willumsen

  15. The Council’s REACH? National governments’ influence in the European Parliament

    Article • European Union Politics, July 2018, SAGE Publications

    David Willumsen

  16. The effects of staggered parliamentary terms

    Article • European Journal of Political Research, October 2017, Wiley

    David Willumsen

  17. Is there a ‘German school’ of comparative politics? An institutional perspective

    Article • Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Willumsen

  18. The Puzzle of Backbench Assent

    Article • August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Willumsen

  19. Theoretical Framework

    Article • August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Willumsen

  20. Conclusion

    Article • August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Willumsen

  21. Perceptions of Party Unity in the Visegrád Countries

    Article • August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Willumsen

  22. The Acceptance of Party Unity in Parliamentary Democracies

    Article • August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Willumsen

  23. Attitudes to Party Unity in the Nordic Countries

    Article • August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Willumsen

  24. Toe the line, break the whip: explaining floor dissent in parliamentary democracies

    Article • West European Politics, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    David Willumsen

  25. Set Free? Impending Retirement and Legislative Behaviour in the UK

    Article • Parliamentary Affairs, June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Willumsen

  26. Reaching across the aisle

    Article • Party Politics, January 2016, SAGE Publications

    David Willumsen

  27. Representing without governing

    Article • August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    David Willumsen

  28. STAGGERED POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS: DESIGN AND EFFECTS

    Article • Journal of European Public Policy, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    David Willumsen

  29. Democracy, Dictatorship, and Term Limits

    Article • West European Politics, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    David Willumsen