Turning the Clock: Manipulation of Legislative Time as a Strategy in Bicameral Bargaining in Germany

• In Event: We Can Work it Out: Parties in Parliaments

Brief Overview

We introduce legislative speed as a strategy in bicameral bargaining. Governments increase or reduce legislative duration depending on their expectation of future second chamber control. We use 1.645 bills from Germany for an empirical test.

Authors

• Christoph Garwe, Leibniz Universität Hannover

• Benjamin G. Engst, University of Mannheim

• Christoph Hönnige, University of Hannover

• Yannick Stawicki, University of Hannover