Research and Publications

Publications

• Höhmann, Daniel (2023). “Political Parties, Issue Salience, and the Appointment of Women Cabinet Members.” European Political Science Review 15(1): 145-153.

• Höhmann, Daniel and Mary Nugent (2022). “Male MPs, Electoral Vulnerability, and the Substantive Representation of Women’s Interests.” European Journal of Political Research 61(3): 762-782.
  • Editor’s Choice: Special Collection “International Women’s Day”

• Sieberer, Ulrich and Daniel Höhmann (2022). “Do Party System Parameters Explain Differences in Legislative Organization? Fragmentation, Ideological Polarization, and the Density of Regulation in European Parliaments, 1945-2009.” Party Politics 28(4): 597-610.

• Höhmann, Daniel and Svenja Krauss (2022). “Substitutes or Complements? The Interdependence between Coalition Agreements and Parliamentary Questions as Monitoring Mechanisms in Coalition Governments.” Parliamentary Affairs 75(2): 420-448.

• Höhmann, Daniel (2020). “When Do Men Represent Women’s Interests in Parliament? How the Presence of Women in Parliament Affects the Behavior of Male Politicians.” Swiss Political Science Review 26(1): 31-50.
  • Winner of the Fritz-Thyssen-Award for the best paper published in a leading German social science journal in 2020.

• Höhmann, Daniel and Ulrich Sieberer (2020). “Parliamentary Questions as a Monitoring Device in Coalition Governments.” West European Politics 43(1): 225-249.

• Höhmann, Daniel (2020). “When do Female MPs Represent Women’s Interests? Electoral Systems and the Legislative Behavior of Women.” Political Research Quarterly 73(4): 834-847.

• Höhmann, Daniel and Tobias Tober (2018). “Electoral Rules and Partisan Control of Government: A Replication Study.” Journal of Politics 80(1): 342-347.

• Höhmann, Daniel (2017). “The Effect of Legislature Size on Public Spending. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design.” Public Choice 173(3): 345-367.

• Höhmann, Daniel (2017). “Delegationsprobleme in Koalitionsregierungen. Ausschussvorsitzende als Instrument der gegenseitigen Kontrolle von Regierungsparteien in den deutschen Bundesländern.“ Politische Vierteljahresschrift 58(4): 593-617.

• Sieberer, Ulrich and Daniel Höhmann (2017). “Shadow Chairs as Monitoring Devices? A Comparative Analysis of Committee Chair Powers in Western European Parliaments.” Journal of Legislative Studies 23(3): 301-325.

• Höhmann, Daniel (2017). “Frauen in politischen Spitzenämtern: Die Ernennung von weiblichen Ministern in die Landeskabinette der deutschen Bundesländer.“ Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 11(3): 391-416.

Book Reviews

• Höhmann, Daniel (2022). Book Review: Dem Laufgitter entkommen – Frauenforderungen im eidgenössischen Parlament seit 1950. Gerber, Marlène und Heidelberger, Anja (Hrsg.) Zürich und Genf: Seismo Verlag. Swiss Political Science Review. 28(1): 149-151.

Working Papers

• Höhmann, Daniel, Bailer, Stefanie, and Christian Breunig. “When Women Know What Voters Want: Female MPs, Electoral Threat and the Estimation of Voters’ Preferences on Women’s Issues.” (Under Review).

• Höhmann, Daniel and Denise Traber. “Inequality, Class Identification and Affective Polarization Between Social Groups.”

• Höhmann, Daniel and Corinna Kroeber. “Personality and Political Representation – The Relationship Between Personality Traits, Policy Positions and the Prioritization of Women’s Issues.”

Media and Blog Posts

• “For the win! Male Politicians Are More Likely to Represent Women’s Interests if Their Re-Election is at Risk.” Blog Post for LSE British Politics and Policy. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/gendered-leeway-male-mps/.

• “Setzen sich männliche Parlamentarier für Frauenthemen ein? Ja, aber nur bei einem niedrigen Frauenanteil im Parlament.” Blog Post for DeFacto. Belegt, Was Andere Meinen. https://www.defacto.expert/2020/03/04/setzen-sich-maennliche-parlamentarier-fuer-frauenthemen-ein-ja-aber-nur-bei-einem-niedrigen-frauenanteil-im-parlament/.

• “Do Female MPs Represent Women’s Interests in Parliament? Yes, But Only if the Electoral System Permits It!” Blog Post for Counting Counts. https://countingcountsblog.wordpress.com/2019/08/18/do-female-mps-represent-womens-interests-in-parliament-yes-but-only-if-the-electoral-system-permits-it/.