@article{2016:behnke:flexibler_,
title = {Flexibler und Zielgerichteter Ausgleich – Eine am innerparteilichen Proporz orientierte Alternative zum geltenden Bundestagswahlrecht},
year = {2016},
note = {The electoral system to the German Bundestag may not only lead to
unnecessary enlargements of parliament but it is also not focused
systematically on reducing the intraparty distortions. Those
distortions played a substantial role in the political discussion as
they are crucial for the acceptability of the electoral system. But
aside from extreme solutions, none of the existing reform proposals is
oriented systematically towards a predefined level of intraparty
proportionality . Thus, a new procedure is proposed here, which
consistently focuses on guaranteeing a minimum level of intraparty
proportionality. It does not lead to unnecessary enlargements and may
be adjusted via a parameter to deliver the desired balance between
attenuation of intraparty distortions and parsimonious enlargements of
parliament. Combined with a reform, which leads to far fewer overhang
seats, it could eliminate the severest distortions and in most cases
still keep within the regular size of parliament.},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {369--388},
author = {Behnke, Joachim and Weinmann, Philipp},
volume = {47},
number = {2}
}