Public Choice

1966 - 2026

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Volume 208, issue 3, 2026

Fiscal capacity and executive constraints in early modern Europe pp. 385-430

António Henriques, K. Kıvanç Karaman and Nuno Palma

First things first? Austerity, political parties and the composition of public budgets in the German states pp. 431-457

Kai Brumm

Covert regime change and ideology pp. 459-495

Joshua Ammons, Shishir Shakya and Konstantin Zhukov

Ecological rationality and democratic ignorance: reconciling rational and radical accounts of voter behavior pp. 497-517

Aylon Manor

The “Missing Sibling” effect: how China’s one-child policy reshaped grassroots voting pp. 519-540

Peijie Wang and Youlang Zhang

The Bootlegger’s choice: astroturf groups, genuine Baptists or both? pp. 541-561

Joseph Abdelnour, Gilles Grolleau and Naoufel Mzoughi

Democracy and conflict: evidence from the New York Times pp. 563-587

Jianwei Feng and Ping Zhang

“Congruence” and “Responsiveness” in the study of representation pp. 589-602

John G. Matsusaka

Nothing comes for free: the impact of place-based tax incentives on firms’ costs pp. 603-626

Siyuan Cai, Shunfeng Song, Jiating Wang and Fanglin Chen

Optimal assisted return policies are dynamically inconsistent pp. 627-639

Nicola Daniele Coniglio and Rune Jansen Hagen

Overconfidence in tullock contests pp. 641-667

Luis Santos-Pinto and Petros G. Sekeris

Electoral autocracy with powerful local elites: theory and evidence from Brazil pp. 669-689

Arnóbio Chagas and M. Christian Lehmann

Unanimity versus majority: proposing under incomplete information pp. 691-719

Nektaria Glynia, Marcel Thum and Dimitrios Xefteris

Empowering the principal: how direct democracy shapes trust in institutions pp. 721-751

Fabian Kuhn and Benno Torgler

Review of Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education by Augustina Paglayan pp. 753-756

Marcus Shera

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 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