Public Choice

1966 - 2026

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Volume 208, issue 1, 2026

Sociological rational choice theory: retrospect and prospect pp. 1-27

Edgar Kiser, Steven Pfaff and Blaine Robbins

On the prevalence of Condorcet’s paradox pp. 29-47

Salvatore Barbaro and Anna-Sophie Kurella

Can corruption indices lead to statistical discrimination? Experimental evidence from a within-country setting pp. 49-86

Philipp Chapkovski

When rubbin’ becomes wreckin’: the death of the driver code in NASCAR pp. 87-110

Antón Chamberlin

Cash versus digital payments in the public and private sectors: effects on petty versus grand corruption pp. 111-140

Rajeev Goel and Michael A. Nelson

Autonomy and accountability: strategic behaviour of German state leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 141-162

Salvatore Barbaro, Reyn van Ewijk and Julia M. Rode

Surprise in contests pp. 163-175

Doron Klunover

Compulsory military service and opinions toward cross-strait relations: evidence from Taiwan’s 2013 military reform pp. 177-220

Chen-Hsuan Liao

The political business cycle of petroleum taxes: An analysis of Indian states pp. 221-247

Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati, Bimal Adhikari and Jeffrey King

An evolutionary model of rent-seeking and inequality norms in a Tullock contest pp. 249-275

Ratul Lahkar

Do local elections affect the spending of intergovernmental transfers? Evidence from Germany’s stimulus package of 2009 pp. 277-321

Yannick Bury and Lars Feld

The quality of state governance as a source of international differences in total factor productivity pp. 323-355

Akash Issar, Jamus Jerome Lim and Sanket Mohapatra

Do people make their votes count? An experimental study on voter errors and electoral systems pp. 357-377

Zuzana Haase Formánková, Ivan Jarabinský, Miroslav Líbal and Jan Oreský

Aris Trantidis, Clientelism. Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. iv + 84 pages. USD 23 (paperback) pp. 379-383

Emil Panzaru

Volume 207, issue 3, 2026

Does the US individual income tax display systemic racism? Negative evidence from audited US federal tax return data for 1967–73 pp. 321-340

Robert P. Strauss and Miguel Gouveia

Corporate lobbying, political action committees, and market concentration pp. 341-363

Elizabeth Bickmore, Benjamin M. Blau, Todd Griffith and Ryan J. Whitby

How people understand voting rules pp. 365-395

Antoinette Baujard, Roberto Brunetti, Isabelle Lebon and Simone Marsilio

Emigration and origin country economic institutions pp. 397-419

Benjamin Powell and Leonel Regalado Cardoso

The political economy of fiscal responsibility pp. 421-451

Christian Cox, Derek Epp and Ian Shapiro

Clement counsels corinth: efficient hierarchy and the rise of Christianity pp. 453-479

David Crego and Alexander Salter

Economic conditions and voting behavior pp. 481-506

Fernando Barros, Gustavo Correa-da-Silva, Valdemar Pinho Neto and Victor Rangel

On the relative sequencing of internal and external rent-seeking contests pp. 507-548

Indraneel Dasgupta and Dhritiman Gupta

Dead money: measuring the influence of representatives on post-passage appropriations pp. 549-567

Adhitya Venkatraman and Cameron Shelton

Corruption kills some people faster than others pp. 569-586

Robert Gillanders and Vincent Tawiah

Political alignment and the distribution of investment subsidies: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany pp. 587-610

Björn Bremer and Robin Hetzel

Social segregation, misperceptions, and emergent cyclical choice patterns pp. 611-644

Daniel M. Mayerhoffer and Jan Schulz

Alain Marciano: James Buchanan and peaceful cooperation pp. 645-647

John Meadowcroft

Mehrdad Vahabi, The Legacy of Janos Kornai pp. 649-651

Randall G. Holcombe

Volume 207, issue 1, 2026

Constitutional change: introduction to the special issue pp. 3-12

Eric Alston and Justin T. Callais

Rational gridlock pp. 13-42

Scott Baker and Michael D. Gilbert

Enforceable transitional provisions in national constitutions pp. 43-65

Sumit Bisarya and Tom Ginsburg

Coups and constitutional change pp. 67-95

Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt

The paradox of judicial reforms in Latin America pp. 97-113

Andrea Castagnola and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

Do constitutional unamendability rules make a difference? pp. 115-154

Adam Chilton and Mila Versteeg

The decisional logic of treaty regime-making pp. 155-182

Kevin L. Cope

The emergence of democratic constitutions: comparing the modern world to ancient Greece pp. 183-220

Robert K. Fleck and F. Andrew Hanssen

Can new constitutions tighten the reins? The effect of constitutional change on constitutional compliance pp. 221-238

Jerg Gutmann, Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska and Stefan Voigt

Constitutional renewals: the lineage of democratizing constitutions pp. 239-259

Gabriel L. Negretto and Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer

Constitutional change among American Indian tribes: an economic perspective pp. 261-295

Ennio E. Piano and Louis C. Rouanet

Rebel victory and constitutional change pp. 297-319

Sally Sharif, Ilia Murtazashvili and Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

Volume 206, issue 3, 2026

Putting economics back in Humanomics pp. 309-326

Bryan P. Cutsinger and Alexander William Salter

Can experimental methods put Smithian sympathy to the test? pp. 327-332

Tony Hernandez and Daniel J. D’Amico

Preventing gerrymandering: a moving-knife algorithm to draw congressional districts pp. 333-361

Steven J. Brams, Alex Bai and Yagnesh Patel

Aid for incumbents: the electoral consequences of COVID-19 relief pp. 363-390

Jeffrey Clemens, Julia Payson and Stan Veuger

Juries in flux pp. 391-424

Francesco Parisi and Ram Singh

Policy changes and growth slowdown: assessing Chile’s lost decade pp. 425-454

Emiliano Toni, Pablo Paniagua and Patricio Órdenes

Run, graduate, run: Internationally mobile students’ reactions to changing political landscapes in Europe pp. 455-487

Reinhard A. Weisser

Do voters use information on candidates? Experimental evidence from a recent election pp. 489-519

Emma Galli, Giampaolo Garzarelli, Gabriele Pinto and Massimo Pulejo

The power of the banking lobby and its consequences: a scoping review pp. 521-564

Eric Heyden

Police homicides and riots in France pp. 565-592

Simon Varaine, Raul Magni-Berton, Sebastian Roché and Paul Le Derff

Too hot to play it cool? Temperature and negative media bias pp. 593-608

David Stadelmann, Tobias Thomas and Nikita Zakharov

How terrorism affects support for democracy pp. 609-640

Philipp Kerler

George A. Selgin, False dawn: the New Deal and the promise of recovery, 1933–1947. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2025. xiv + 370 pages. USD 35.00 (hardback) pp. 641-648

William Shughart

Mark Pennington, Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge and Freedom pp. 649-654

Niclas Berggren

Paul Seabright: The divine economy—how religions compete for wealth, power, and people pp. 655-658

Caleb Petitt

Volume 206, issue 1, 2026

Dysfunctional effects of altruism: an introduction to the symposium pp. 1-6

Alain Marciano

Altruism and self-interest in constitutional reform: the case of the British abolition of slavery and the slave trade pp. 7-25

John Meadowcroft

The Samaritan bureaucracy in international transfers pp. 27-46

Christopher J. Coyne, Abigail R. Hall and Yahya Alshamy

Buchanan meets Tullock: aid, contests, and the Samaritan’s Dilemma pp. 47-79

Stefano Dughera and Alain Marciano

Inequity aversion and the stability of majority rule pp. 81-106

Minh Tung Le and Alejandro Saporiti

Helping addicts: When can trying to do good be dysfunctional? pp. 107-128

Federico Guerrero, Mina Mahmoudi, Mark Pingle and Rattaphon Wuthisatian

Meritocracy and its discontents pp. 129-147

Steven N. Durlauf

Duncan Black and group decision-making: from early priority dispute to late recognition pp. 149-174

Herrade Igersheim

German coffee, predatory states, and selective property rights enforcement in 20th-century Guatemala pp. 175-197

Ricardo R. Noé

The royal touch pp. 199-220

Vladimir V. Maltsev and Alicia M. Plemmons

Does accrual accounting make municipalities spend less? pp. 221-240

Stefano Caiazza, Franco Fiordelisi, Elina De Simone and Fabio Pisani

A game theory approach to football predictions pp. 241-261

Kerim Keskin

Electronic voting and invalid votes: evidence from a natural experiment in Peru pp. 263-281

Fernando Aragon, Alberto Chong and Angelo Cozzubo

Political and economic protests in authoritarian regimes pp. 283-307

Austin M. Mitchell, Kana Inata and Masaaki Higashijima