On this page you find information on my publications and current working papers.

I am particularly interested in research on Comparative Political Behavior, Comparative Political Institutions and Computer-Assisted Text Analysis with a strong focus on Quantitative Methods and an emphasis on Judicial Politics in a cross-European comparison.

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Publications

Engst, Benjamin G. 2021. “The Two Faces of Judicial Power. Dynamics of Judicial-Political Bargaining.” Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Garwe, Christoph / Benjamin G. Engst / Yannick  Stawicki / Christoph Hönnige. 2021.  “Temporal Strategies. Governments Alter the Pace of Legislation in Bicameralism Depending on Electoral Expectations.” Legislative Studies Quarterly [Online First].
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Zuniga, M. Geraldine / Silke Hügl / Benjamin G. Engst / Thomas Lenarz / Thomas S. Rau. 2021 “The Effect of Ultra-slow Velocities on Insertion Forces: A study Using a Highly Flexible Straight Electrode Array.” Otology & Neurotology [Online First].
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Zuniga, M. Geraldine / Angela Schell / Benjamin G. Engst / John P. Carey. 2021. “Reducing Sound Exposure during Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing for Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Syndrome.” Otology & Neurotology [Online First].
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Engst, Benjamin G. / Thomas Gschwend / Sebastian Sternberg. 2020. “Die Besetzung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. Ein Spiegelbild gesellschaftlicher Präferenzen?.” [The Composition of the Federal Constitutional Court. Mirror Image of Societal Preferences?] Politische Vierteljahresschrift 61 (2): 39-60. 
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Clark, Tom S. / Benjamin G. Engst / Jeffrey K. Staton. 2018. “Estimating the Effect of Leisure on Judicial Performance.“ Journal of Legal Studies 47 (2): 349-390. 
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Engst, Benjamin G. / Christoph Hönnige. 2018. Modern Times? Das Internet vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht. [Modern Times? The Internet before the German Federal Constitutional Court.] In: Andreas Busch, Yana Breindl, Tobias Jakobi (eds). Netzpolitik: Ein einführender Überblick. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: 163-187.

Engst, Benjamin G. / Thomas Gschwend / Nils Schaks / Sebastian Sternberg / Caroline E. Wittig. 2017. “Zum Einfluss der Parteinähe auf das Abstimmungsverhalten der Bundesverfassungsrichter. Eine quantitative Untersuchung.” [The Influence of Party Identification on Judicial Votes at the German Federal
Constitutional Court. A Quantitative Assessment.] JuristenZeitung 72 (17): 816-826.
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Engst, Benjamin G. 2017. Die vierte Gesetzeslesung. Verfassungsgerichte des deutsch-österreichischen Modells als Vetospieler. [The ’Fourth Reading’. Constitutional Courts as Veto Players.] In: Roland Lhotta, Oliver Lembcke, Verena Frick (eds). Politik und Recht: Umrisse eines politikwissenschaftlichen Forschungsfeldes. Baden-Baden: Nomos: 281-301.

Sternberg, Sebastian / Thomas Gschwend / Caroline E. Wittig / Benjamin G. Engst. 2015. “Zum Einfluss der öffentlichen Meinung auf Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. Eine Analyse von abstrakten Normenkontrollen sowie Bund-Länder-Streitigkeiten 1974 – 2010.” [The Influence of Public Opinion on decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court. An Analysis of Abstract Judicial Reviews and Federal State Disputes 1974 – 2010] Politische Vierteljahresschrift 56 (4): 570-598.
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Current Projects

Submitted for Review

Arnold, Christian / Benjamin G. Engst / Thomas Gschwend. “Scaling Lower Court Decisions.” Revise and resubmit.
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Engst, Benjamin G. / Thomas Gschwend. “Attitudes on Judicial Independence. A Discrete Choice Experiment in Nine European Countries.”
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Current Working Papers 

Engst, Benjamin G. / David M. Grundmanns / Thomas Gschwend. “Judicial Positions on Political Reform: Designing common policy scores from judicial text.”
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Engst, Benjamin G. / Thomas Gschwend / Christoph Hönnige / Caroline E. Wittig. “The Constitutional Court Database: Conceptualizing a relational database.”
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Public Scholarship (Selection)

Marie-Lou Sohnius / Benjamin G. Engst / Thomas Gschwend. 2020. “Kontinuität am Bundesverfassungsgericht? Wie die Öffentlichkeit Voßkuhles und Masings Nachfolger bewertet.” RechtsEmpirie Blog.

 Engst, Benjamin G. / Thomas Gschwend / Christoph Hönnige. 2016. “Zum Dilemma des Verfassungsgerichtszugangs kleiner Oppositionsparteien. Was sagen eigentlich die Zahlen?” Verfassungsblog.de (VerfBlog).