Publications | Dimiter Toshkov

(----) Motivated Causal Reasoning and Responsibility for Civilian Casualties in Military Conflicts, (with Honorata Mazepus) In preparation. text (pre-print)
(----) The Impact of Policy Restrictions and Mobility Changes on Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in The Netherlands, 2020-2022, (with Camilla Caram-Deelder, Brendan Carroll, and Frits Rosendaal), Under review. text (pre-print)
(----) Political Ideology, Policy Preferences and Public Support for European Integration, Under review. text (pre-print)
(----) ‘We’re all in this together?’ A survey experiment on the perceived legitimacy of region-specific crisis interventions in Germany and the Netherlands, (with Lars Brummel and Brendan Carroll) Under review.
(----) Policy Attitudes, Ideology and Affective Polarization in The Netherlands, (with Lars Brummel, Brendan Carroll and Kutsal Yesilkagit) Under review. text (pre-print)
(----) When Should Governments Listen to Social Protests? The Effects of Public Support and Outcome Favorability, (with Lars Brummel) Under review. text (pre-print)
(2025) Excess mortality during the first two years of the COVID-19 epidemic (2020-2021) in the Netherlands: overall and across demographic subgroups, (with Camilla Caram-Deelder, Frits Rosendaal et al.) IJID Regions, Online First. text (open access)
(2024) The Political Effects of Intra-EU Migration: Evidence from National and European Elections in Seven Countries, European Union Politics, Online First. text (open access)
(2024) Multilevel governance and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review, (with Brendan Carroll, Lars Brummel and Kutsal Yesilkagit) Regional and Federal Studies, Online First. text (open access)
(2024) Avoiding Public Backlash: Enforcing Rule of Law in the European Union, (with Honorata Mazepus, Nikoleta Yordanova and Darinka Piqani) Online first. text (open access)
(2024) Polarisatie in de provincie Zuid-Holland, (with Brendan Carroll, Lars Brummel and Kutsal Yesilkagit), Report for the Province of South Holland. text (open access)
(2023) Framing International Cooperation: Citizen Support for Cooperation with the European Union in Eastern Europe, (with Antoaneta Dimitrova and Honorata Mazepus), Comparative European Politics, Online First. link to journal
(2023) Who Is Afraid of More Women in Politics, and Why? An Analysis of Public Opinion in 28 European Countries, (with Giulia Cretti) Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, Online First. text (open access)
(2023) Explaining the Gender Gap in COVID-19 Vaccination Attitudes, European Journal of Public Health, Vol.33(3): pp.490–495. text (open access)
(2023) What Accounts for the Variation in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Eastern, Southern and Western Europe?, Vaccine, Vol.41(20): pp. 3178–3188. text (open access)
(2023) Information Battleground: Conflict Perceptions Motivate the Belief in and Sharing of Fake News About the Adversary, (with Honorata Mazepus, Mathias Osmundsen, Antoaneta Dimitrova and Michael Bang Petersen), PLOS One., Vol.18(3): pp.1-20. text (open-access)
(2023) Bulgaria: Swift Early Response by the Executive, Followed by a Complete Governance Failure, Governments' Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Navigating the Perfect Storm, edited by Kennet Lynggaard, Mads Dagnis Jensen and Michael Kluth (Springer Nature), link to book, chapter text (pre-print)
(2023) Does the Election Winner–Loser Gap Extend to Subjective Health and Well-Being?, (with Honorata Mazepus) Political Studies Review., Vol.21(4): pp.783:800. text (open-access)
(2022) Standing Up for Democracy? Explaining Citizens’ Support for Democratic Checks and Balances, (with Honorata Mazepus) Comparative Political Studies., Vol.55(8): pp.1271–1297. text (open access)
(2022) Beyond the U-Curve: Citizen and Party Preferences on European Integration in Multidimensional Political Space, (with André Krouwel) European Union Politics., Vol.23(3): pp.462–488. text (open access)
(2022) Fathers, faith, and family gender messages: Are religiosity and gender talk related to children's gender attitudes and preferences?, (with Else de Vries, Lotte van der Pol, Marleen Groeneveld and Judi Mesman), Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Vol. 59: pp.21-31. text (open access)
(2022) The Relationship between Age and Happiness Varies by Income, Journal of Happiness Studies, Vol.23: pp.1169–1188. text (open access), data+code
(2022) Government Capacity, Societal Trust or Party Preferences? What Accounts for the Variety of National Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe?, (with Kutsal Yesilkagit and Brendan Carroll) Journal of European Public Policy, Vol.29(7): pp.1009-1028. text (open access)
(2021) How to Estimate the Policy Preferences of Party Supporters: Disaggregating Data from Voting Advice Applications Versus Modeling Survey Responses, (with Jeroen Romeijn), Electoral Studies, Vol(74):102403. text (open access)
(2021) Enhancing Access to EU Law: Why Bother?, in ‘ESCB Legal Conference 2020’, European Central Bank. text (open access, pp.47-60)
(2021) Towards Open Access Social Orders in Eastern Europe. An Introduction, (with Tanja Börzel and Antoaneta Dimitrova), East European Politics, Vol. 37(1): pp.1-18. text (open access)
(2021) The Dual Role of State Capacity in Opening Socio-political Orders: Assessment of State Capacity in Belarus and Ukraine, (with Antoaneta Dimitrova, Honorata Mazepus, Tatsiana Chulitskaya, Natallia Rabava and Ina Ramasheuskaya), East European Politics, Vol. 37(1): pp.19-42. text (open access)
(2021) Congruence between Voters and Parties: The Role of Party‐level Issue Salience, (with Rory Costello, Barend Bos, and André Krouwel), European Journal of Political Research, Vol.61(1), pp.92-113. text (gated) text (pre-print)
(2021) When Business and Politics Mix: Local Networks and Socio-political Transformations in Ukraine, (with Honorata Mazepus, Antoaneta Dimitrova, Matt Frear and Nina Onopriychuk), East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures, Vol.35(2): 437-459. text (open access)
(2020) Party Government and Policy Responsiveness. Evidence from Three Parliamentary Democracies, (with Anne Rasmussen and Lars Mäder), Journal of Public Policy. Vol.40(2), pp. 329-347. text (open access) data+code
(2019) Does Euroscepticism Influence Compliance and Enforcement of EU Law in the Member States?, in Clara Rauchegger and Anna Wallerman (eds) ‘Challenges to EU Law in the Member States’, Hart Publishing, pp. 27-46 text (pre-print)
(2019) The Opinion‐Policy Nexus in Europe and the Role of Political Institutions, (with Anne Rasmussen and Stefanie Reher), European Journal of Political Research, Vol.58(2), pp.412-34.text (open access) data+code
(2019) Effects of Limited Access Orders on Science Policy and Scientific Cooperation, (with Tatsiana Chulitskaya, Honorata Mazepus, Natallia Rabava, and Ina Ramasheuskaya) EU-STRAT Working Papers, No. 15 text (open access)
(2018) Statehood, State Capacity and Limited Access Orders: Comparing Belarus and Ukraine, (with Antoaneta Dimitrova and Honorata Mazepus) EU-STRAT Working Papers, No.12 text (open access)
(2018) What Kinds of Messages Can Influence Citizen Support for Closer Cooperation with the European Union? Evidence from the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood, (with Honorata Mazepus and Antoaneta Dimitrova) EU-STRAT Working Papers, No.9 text (open access)
(2018) Slanker maar topzwaar, meer vrouwen maar vergrijsd: Het veranderende gezicht van de Rijksoverheid 2002-2015, (with Eduard Schmidt and Caspar van den Berg), Beleid en Maatschappij, Vol. 45(1): 23-43. text (gated) text (pre-print) data code
(2018) Changing Regulatory Policy in Sweden: The Role of Media Advocacy and Public Opinion, (with Anne Rasmussen and Jeroen Romeijn), Scandinavian Political Science, Vol.41(1): pp.49-74. text (open access) data+code
(2018) Research Design In Lowndes, V., Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) 'Theory and Methods in Political Science. Fourth edition' (Palgrave Macmillan), pp.219-236. text (pre-print)
(2017) The European Union Could Be Simple, Inclusive, or Effective. Pick Two, Atlantic Council Report, July 2017 text (open access)
(2017) The Effects of the EU's Scientific Cooperation Programmes on the Eastern Partnership Countries: Scientific Output and Broader Societal Impact, (with Tatsiana Chulitskaya, Honorata Mazepus and Ina Ramasheuskaya) EU-STRAT Working Papers, No. 5 text (open access)
(2017) The Elements of Russia's Soft Power: Channels, Tools, and Actors Promoting Russian Influence in the Eastern Partnership Countries, (with Antoaneta Dimitrova, Matthew Frear, Honorata Mazepus, Maxim Boroda, Tatsiana Chulitskaya, Oleg Grytsenko, Igor Munteanu, Tatiana Parvan, Ina Ramasheuskaya) EU-STRAT Working Papers, No. 4 text (open access)
(2017) Science Policies and International Cooperation in the Eastern Neighbourhood of the European Union: An Overview, (with Tatsiana Chulitskaya, Honorata Mazepus and Ina Ramasheuskaya) EU-STRAT Working Papers, No. 2 text (open access)
(2017) The Impact of the Eastern Enlargement on the Decision-Making Capacity of the European Union, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol.24(2):pp.177-196. text, data and code
(2016) Research Design in Political Science (Political Analysis), Palgrave Macmillan. more info
(2016) No, Accession to the European Union Does Not Increase the Homicide Rate, European Sociological Review, Vol.32(3): pp.405-410. text (gated) text (pre-print) data+code
(2016) Agenda Responsiveness in the European Council: Public Priorities, Policy Problems and Political Attention, (with Petya Alexandrova and Anne Rasmussen) West European Politics, Vol.39(4): pp.605-627. text (gated) text (pre-print)
(2016) Regulation, Implementation, and European Integration – Analyzing the Evolving Institutional Framework for Enforcing EU Law, in Bernard Steunenberg, Wim Voermans and Stefaan Van den Bogaert (eds.) Fit for the Future? Reflections from Leiden on the Functioning of the EU , Eleven International Publishing, pp. 89-102 text (gated) text (pre-print)
(2015) Exploring the Performance of Multilevel Modeling and Poststratification with Eurobarometer Data, Political Analysis, Vol. 23(3): pp.455-460 full text and data
(2015) National Parliaments and Transposition of EU Law: A Matter of Coalition Conflict?, (with Nora Dörrenbächer and Ellen Mastenbroek) Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol.53(5): pp.1010-1026. text (gated) text (pre-print)
(2015) The adoption of open-source software in Dutch municipalities: Boundary-spanners and political support, (with Alexander van Loon) Government Information Quarterly, Vol. 32(2): pp.207–215. full text and data
(2015) Does immigration undermine integration in the EU?, (with Elitsa Kortenska) Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 53(4), pp:910-925. full text and data
(2015) The Effects of the Eastern Enlargement on the Decision-Making Capacity of the European Union, MAXCAP Working Papers (2015/1). full text pdf
(2014) The dynamic relationship between asylum applications and asylum recognition rates, European Union Politics, Vol. 15(2), pp.192-214. full text and data
(2014) The 'Old' and the 'New' Europeans: Analyses of Public Opinion on EU Enlargement in Review, (with Elitsa Kortenka, Antoaneta Dimitrova and Adam Fagan) MAXCAP Working Papers (2014/2). full text pdf
(2013) The effect of stakeholder involvement: Consultation of external actors and legislative duration in the European Union, European Union Politics, Vol. 16(3), pp.366-387. (with Anne Rasmussen) full text and data
(2013) Policy Making Beyond Political Ideology: The Adoption of Smoking Bans in Europe, Public Administration, Vol. 91 (2), pp.448-468. full text and data
(2013) The Europeanization of Asylum Policy: An assessment of the EU impact on asylum applications and recognitions rates, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 20(5), pp.661-683. (with Laura de Haan) full text and data
(2013) Timing is Everything? Organized Interests and the Timing of Legislative Activity, Interest Groups and Advocacy, Vol. 2 (1), pp.48-70. (with Joost Berkhout, Brendan Carroll and Dave Lowery) full text and data
(2012) Time to Decide: The Effect of Early Agreements on Legislative Duration in the EU, European Integration Online Papers, Vol. 16, Art. 11. (with Anne Rasmussen) full text and data
(2012) The Disaster that Didn't Happen: Compliance with EU Law in Central and Eastern Europe, L'Europe En Formation, Vol. 2(1), pp.91-109. full text pdf
(2011) Anticipating Resistance: The Effect of Member State Preferences on the European Commission's Agenda-Setting Activity, University of Limerick PPA Working Papers. (with Frank Häge) full text pdf
(2011) Public Opinion and Policy Output in the European Union: A Lost Relationship, European Union Politics, Vol. 12 (2), pp.169-191. full text and data
(2011) The Interinstitutional Division of Power and Time Allocation in the European Parliament, West European Politics, Vol. 34 (1), pp. 71-96. (with Anne Rasmussen) abstract
(2010) Connecting the Dots: Case Studies and EU Implementation Research Institute for European Integration Research, Vienna: Working Paper 10/2010. (with Moritz Knoll and Lisa Wewerka) full text pdf
(2010) Taking Stock: A Review of Quantitative Studies of Transposition and Implementation of EU Law, Institute for European Integration Research, Vienna: Working Paper 1/2010. full text pdf
(2009) Comparing Transposition in the 27 Member States of the EU: The Impact of Discretion and Legal Fit, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 16(7), pp. 951-970. (with Bernard Steunenberg) full text and data
(2009) Post-accession Compliance between Administrative Co-ordination and Political Bargaining, European Integration Online Papers, Special Issue 2, Vol. 13, Art. 19. (with Antoaneta Dimitrova) full text pdf
(2009) Between Politics and Administration. Compliance with EU law in Central and Eastern Europe, Ph.D. Thesis, Leiden University. text (open access)
(2008) Embracing European Law: Compliance with EU Directives in Central and Eastern Europe, European Union Politics, Vol. 9(3), pp.:379-342. full text and data
(2007) In Search of the Worlds of Compliance: Culture and Transposition Performance in the European Union, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 14 (6), pp. 933-954. full text pdf
(2007) The dynamics of domestic coordination of EU policy in the new member states: impossible to lock in?, West European Politics, Vol. 30(5), pp.961-986. (with Antoaneta Dimitrova) full text pdf
(2007) Transposition of EU Social Policy in the New Member States, Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 17(4), pp.335-348. full text and data
(2013) Book review of E.C. Page: Policy Without Politicians, West European Politics, vol. 36 (5), pp. 1107-1108. full text pdf
(2012) Book review of S. Siegel: The Political Economy of Noncompliance: Adjusting to the Single European Market, West European Politics, Vol. 35 (4), pp. 33-45.
(2009) Book review of D. Riley and B. Brophy-Baermann: Bureaucracy and the Policy Process: Keeping the Promises. Political Studies Review, Vol. 5 (1), pp.119-20. full text pdf
(2008) Book review of M.-A. Vachudova: Europe Undivided. Democracy, Leverage, and Integration After Communism. full text pdf
(2007) Book review of L. Andonova: Transnational politics of the environment: the European Union and the environmental policy in Central and Eastern Europe, Political Studies Review, vol. 3 (2), p.262. full text pdf
(2003) There and Back Again: Organizational Changes in the Bulgarian Core Executive (1990-2003). Master thesis: Leiden University. text (open access)