Austrian parties have finally formed a new government – on their third bargaining attempt. The failure of the previous rounds drew media criticism of timewasting. But Matthew E Bergman and Wolfgang C Müller argue that time spent bargaining is in fact an investment in future government policy productivity
Recent elections in several countries have produced inconclusive outcomes. This has resulted in extended periods of bargaining between parties to determine the next government. Matthew E Bergman, Hanna Bäck, and Wolfgang C Müller argue that contrary to conventional wisdom, long bargaining periods might actually be a constructive investment in future productivity
As visiting professor he taught at the Humboldt University, the University of California, San Diego, the University of Mannheim, and the Institute d’Études Politiques de Lille (SciencesPo Lille).
Wolfgang has held research fellowships at the University of Oxford, the University of Bergen, and Harvard University.
He has served as a member of the editorial boards of the Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft,European Journal of Political Research, the Journal of EuropeanPublic Policy, and West European Politics and he is currently a member of the editorial boards of German Politics, Party Politics, Research and Politics (RaP),Swiss Political Science Review, and the Italian Review of Political Science/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica.
From 2008 to 2016 he served as rapporteur for the Social Sciences in the Austrian Research Fund (FWF).
Wolfgang specialises in comparative government and politics, with a special interest in coalition politics, party competition, party politics, political institutions, Austrian politics, and political economy.
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