Most efforts to detect the consequences of divided government in German federalism by analyzing legislative statistics have been unsuccessful. Therefore, there is still much debate in Germany about the gridlock potential of divided government, as there is in the United States. Using a...

The recently enacted reform of German federalism is supposed to make legislation "faster, more efficient and better." To what extent are these expectations justified? In order to assess the likely effects of the reform, this study uses a research design that was recently applied by the Research...