Working Papers

2026

  1. When and why do parties support direct democracy?
    Arndt Leininger
    2026
    accepted at Government and Opposition
  2. What’s in a Name? Name Recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success
    Arndt Leininger and Tilko Swalve
    2026
    Conditionally accepted at Journal of Politics
  3. Make Up Your Mind! Opinion formation and polarization in EU referendums
    Arndt Leininger, Felix Grünewald, and Nelly Buntfuß
    2026
    R&R
  4. Love, loathing, or both? Disentangling Affective Polarization and Group Affects
    Arndt Leininger, Felix Grünewald, and Nelly Buntfuß
    2026
    under review
  5. Still Competing for Loyalists? Far-Right Voter Loyalty and Party Positioning
    Arndt Leininger and Thomas Tichelbäcker
    2026
    under review
  6. Much ado about nothing? Evidence on the implications of parliamentary size for intra-party competition and candidate composition from Germany’s Electoral System Reform
    Arndt Leininger, Lukas Rudolph, and Jochen Rehmert
    2026
    under review

2025

  1. Ideological and affective polarization in multiparty systems
    Arndt Leininger, Felix Grünewald, and Nelly Buntfuß
    2025
    available on SocArXiv
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