Haffert, Lukas; Langenbach, Pascal; Rommel, Tobias - 2023 - This version: July 2023
The fragmentation of the party system has confronted the German mixed-member proportional electoral system with a trilemma. It can only ensure two out of three goals: proportionality, guaranteed representation of district winners, and a fixed and predictable size of the Bundestag. This paper...