Electoral systems


Peer-Reviewed Articles

“Socioeconomic Heterogeneity and Party System Fragmentation”. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 1-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2020.1784181

“Voting after the Change: A Natural Experiment on the Effect of Electoral Reform on Party System Fragmentation.” International Political Science Review 41:2, 271-286 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512118822891

“The Impact of Intraparty Electoral Reforms on Party System Nationalization.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 48:2, 191-216 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjx062

With José Ramón Montero “Attempts to Reform the Electoral System in Spain: The Role of Experts”. Election Law Journal 16:3, 367-376 (2017). DOI: 10.1089/elj.2017.0439

“Electoral Systems and the Sheriff of Nottingham: Determinants of Disproportionality in New and Established Democracies”. Party Politics 21:2, 222-233 (2015). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068812472579

With Damien Bol and Jean-Benoit Pilet “The International Diffusion of Electoral Systems: The Spread of Mechanisms Tempering Proportional Representation across Europe”. European Journal of Political Research 54:2, 384-410 (2015). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12091

“Electoral Coordination in Mixed-member Systems: Does the Level of Democratic Experience Matter?” European Journal of Political Research 52:1, 119-141 (2013). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.2012.02064.x

“Los Sistemas Electorales y la Cigüeña”. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 142, 141-150 (2013). ISSN-L: 0210-5233

“Duverger del Derecho y del Revés”. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 129, 149-162 (2010). DOI: 10.2307/27799037

Book chapters

With Alberto Penadés “La Desproporcionalidad en las Elecciones Generales para los Partidos Políticos”, in Carmen Ortega, Juan Montabes and Pablo Oñate, eds., Sistemas Electorales en España: Caracterización, Efectos, Rendimientos y Propuestas de Reforma, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (2020).

“The Impossible Reform of the Electoral System in Spain”, in Marina Costa Lobo, ed., Sistema Eleitoral PortuguêsProblemas e Soluções, Almedina (2018). ISBN: 978-9724076638

With Damien Bol “Ticket-splitting in Mixed-member Systems: On the Importance of Seat Linkage between Electoral Tiers”, in Ruth Dassonneville, Marc Hooghe and Michael S. Lewis-Beck, eds., Electoral Rules and Electoral Behaviour: The Scope of Effects, Routledge (2017). ISBN 9781138574618 

“Electoral Systems and Party Systems”, in José M. Magone, ed., Routledge Handbook of European Politics, Routledge (2015). ISBN: 978-0415626750

“Does Personal Representation Exist in Closed-List PR Systems?”, in Josep Maria Colomer, ed., Personal Representation: The Neglected Dimension of Electoral Systems, ECPR Press (2011). ISBN: 978-1907301575

With José Ramón Montero “La Reforma del Sistema Elettorale Spagnolo: Proposte e Conseguenze”, in Carlo Baccetti, Silvia Bolgherini, Renato D’Amico and Gianni Riccamboni, eds., La Politica e le Radici, Liviana (2010). ISBN: 978-8876756429

With José Ramón Montero “Anexo II: Informe sobre la Reforma del Sistema Electoral”, in Francisco Rubio Llorente and Paloma Biglino Campos, eds., El Informe del Consejo de Estado sobre la Reforma Electoral. Texto del Informe y Debates Académicos, Consejo de Estado y Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (2009). ISBN: 978-8425914591