Abstract The following article analyzes violent political conflicts. Starting from theoretical debates on the determinants of violent conflicts, it focuses on intrastate conflicts. The main explanatory factors which are analyzed from different perspectives are demographic factors. Not only the...

Abstract How does political involvement impact on data quality of virtualized Real-Time-Response (RTR) Measurement? The article addresses this issue, drawing on a large field study (n = 5660) conducted during the 2017 German general election campaign. Since it is unclear how heterogeneous...

Abstract When real-time response data from viewers of a televised debate is collected via the internet, the server timestamps of the received responses may not match the correct times of the debate. This paper addresses the question of how the data could be aligned in retrospect, using an...

Die öffentlichen Schulden sind seit der Wiedervereinigung stark angestiegen. Was sind die Ursachen für die Schuldenentwicklung der 16 Bundesländer? Gibt es neben sozio-ökonomischen Einflussgrößen auch politisch-institutionelle Ursachen? Welche Konsequenzen kann die Identifikation...

Abstract Determinants of public debt and deficits are nowadays considered as central issues of economic and financial policy. Concerning a decreasing capacity to act due to financial restrictions the consequences for governments can be serious. The main research question is: which political and...