Department of Political Science, Duke University, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 660-4311, E-mail: georg.vanberg @ duke.edu
Books
- Voter Sophistication and Coalition Politics: How Ideological Awareness Shapes Government Formation in Multiparty Democracies. Co-authored with Lanny Martin. 2025. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Parliaments and Coalitions: The Role of Legislatures in Multiparty Governance. Co-authored with Lanny Martin. 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Winner of the Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize for the best book published in legislative studies in 2011.)
- The Politics of Constitutional Review in Germany. 2005. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Replication Materials.
Edited Book
- Constitutionalism in Times of Financial Crisis. Co-edited with Tom Ginsburg and Mark Rosen. 2019. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles
- “Refining Gamson: The Isometric Log-Ratio Transformation and Portfolio Proportionality in Multiparty Governments.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. Political Analysis. Forthcoming.
- “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Citizen Uncertainty and Democratic Backsliding.” Co-authored with Caterina Chiopris and Monika Nalepa. Journal of Politics. (2025): 1272-87.
- “Federalism, Political Imbalance, and the Right to Secession.” Co-authored with Bahar Leventoglu and Alessandra Waggoner. Constitutional Political Economy. (2025): 26-43.
- “Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law: Tainted Judges and Accountability for Nazi Crimes in West Germany.” Co-authored with Holger Kern. Journal of Politics. (2024): 1333-47.
- “Feuding, Arbitration, and the Emergence of an Independent Judiciary.” Co-authored with Benjamin Broman. Constitutional Political Economy. (2021): 1-38.
- “The Future Matters: Judicial Preferences over Legal Rules and Decision-making on Collegial Courts.” Co-authored with Caitlin Ainsley and Cliff Carrubba. Journal of Law and Courts. (2021): 1-25.
- “Contractarianism, Constitutionalism, and the Status Quo.” Co-authored with Michael Munger. Public Choice. (2021): 1-17.
- “A Square Peg in a Round Hole: Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Citizen Sovereignty.” Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy. (2021): 655-668.
- “What You See is Not Always What You Get: Bargaining Before an Audience Under Multiparty Government.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. American Political Science Review (2020): 1138-54.
- “Coalition Governance, Legislative Institutions, and Public Policy in Parliamentary Democracies.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. American Journal of Political Science (2020): 325-40.
- “Constitutional Political Economy, Democratic Theory, and Institutional Design.” Public Choice 177 (2018): 199-216.
- “Committee Chairs and Legislative Review in Parliamentary Democracies.” Co-authored with David Fortunato and Lanny Martin. British Journal of Political Science (2017): 1-13.
- “Judicial Retirements and the Staying Power of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions.” Co-authored with Stuart Benjamin. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 13 (2016): 5-26.
- “Constitutional Courts in Comparative Perspective: A Theoretical Assessment.” Annual Review of Political Science 18 (2015): 167-185. © 2015 by Annual Reviews.
- “Parties and Policymaking in Multiparty Governments: The Legislative Median, Ministerial Autonomy, and the Coalition Compromise.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. American Journal of Political Science 58 (2014): 979-996. © 2014 Midwest Political Science Association.
- “A Step in the Wrong Direction: An Appraisal of the Zero-Intelligence Model of Government Formation.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. Journal of Politics 76 (2014): 873-879. © 2014 Cambridge University Press.
- “Narrow vs. Broad Judicial Opinions.” Co-authored with Justin Fox. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 26 (2014): 355-383. © 2014 Sage Publications. (Winner of the Elinor Ostrom Award for the best paper published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics in 2014.)
- “Multiparty Government, Fiscal Institutions, and Public Spending.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. Journal of Politics. The Journal of Politics 75 (2013): 953-967. © 2013 Cambridge University Press. (Winner of the award for the best paper published in the Journal of Politics in 2013.)
- “Who Controls the Content of Supreme Court Opinions?” Co-authored with Cliff Carrubba, Barry Friedman, and Andrew D. Martin. American Journal of Political Science 56 (2012): 400-412. © 2012 Midwest Political Science Association. Replication Materials.
- “Substance vs. Procedure: Constitutional Enforcement and Constitutional Choice.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80 (2011): 309-318. © 2011 Elsevier B.V..
- “Assessing the Allocation of Pork: Evidence from Congressional Earmarks.” Co-authored with Erik Engstrom. American Politics Research 38 (2010): 959-985. © 2010 SAGE Publications.
- “Measuring Policy Content on the U.S. Supreme Court.” Co-authored with Kevin McGuire, Gregory Caldeira, and Charles Smith. The Journal of Politics 71 (2009): 1305-1321. © 2009 Cambridge University Press. Replication Materials.
- “Coalition Government and Political Communication.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. Political Research Quarterly 61 (2008): 502-516. © 2008 SAGE Publications.
- “The Value of Vagueness: Delegation, Defiance, and Judicial Opinions.” Co-authored with Jeff Staton. American Journal of Political Science 52 (2008): 504-519. © 2008 Midwest Political Science Association.
- “A Robust Transformation Procedure for Interpreting Political Texts.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. Political Analysis 16 (2008): 93-100. © 2008 Oxford University Press.
- “Reply to Benoit and Laver.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. Political Analysis 16 (2008): 112-114.
- “Resurrecting Lochner: A Contingent Defense of Judicial Activism.” Co-authored with James R. Rogers. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 32 (2007): 442-468. © 2007 Oxford University Press.
- “Coalition Policymaking and Legislative Review.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. American Political Science Review 99 (2005): 93-106. © 2005 American Political Science Association.
- “Policing the Bargain: Coalition Government and Parliamentary Scrutiny.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. American Journal of Political Science 48 (2004): 13-27. © 2004 Midwest Political Science Association.
- “Wasting Time? The Impact of Ideology and Size on Delay in Coalition Formation.” Co-authored with Lanny Martin. British Journal of Political Science 33 (2003): 323-332. © 2003 Cambridge University Press. Replication Materials.
- “Judicial Advisory Opinions and Legislative Outcomes in Comparative Perspective.” Co-authored with James R. Rogers. American Journal of Political Science 46 (2002): 379-397. © 2002 Midwest Political Science Association.
- “Legislative-Judicial Relations: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Constitutional Review.” American Journal of Political Science 45 (2001): 346-361. © 2001 Midwest Political Science Association.
- “Election Laws, Disproportionality, and Median Correspondence: Implications for Two Visions of Democracy.” Co-authored with G. Bingham Powell, Jr. British Journal of Political Science 30 (2000): 383-411. © 2000 Cambridge University Press.
- “Establishing Judicial Independence in West Germany: The Impact of Opinion Leadership and the Separation of Powers.” Comparative Politics 32 (2000): 333-353. © 2000 City University of New York.
- “Abstract Judicial Review, Legislative Bargaining, and Policy-Compromise.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 10 (1998): 299-326. © 1998 Sage Publications
- “Reply to Stone Sweet.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 10 (1998): 339-46. © 1998 by Sage Publications
Chapters in Edited Volumes
- “Trust, but verify: Control mechanisms in multiparty governments.” With Lanny Martin. In Thomas Brauninger and Marc Debus (eds.) Elgar Handbook on Coalition Politics. 2025. Edward Elgar.
- “Government formation in the shadow of an uncertain future election.” With Scott de Marchi and Michael Laver. In Thomas Brauninger and Marc Debus (eds.) Elgar Handbook on Coalition Politics. 2025. Edward Elgar.
- “Constitutional Political Economy.” In C. Bjornskov and R. Jong-A-Pin (eds.). Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice. 2025. Edward Elgar.
- “Courts: A Historical Political Economy Perspective.” With Tom Clark. In J. Jenkins and J. Rubin (eds.). Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy. 2023. Oxford University Press.
- “The Rise and Protection of Judicial Independence.” With Ben Broman and Chris Ritter. In M. Tushnet and D. Kochenov (eds.). Elgar Handbook of Constitutional Law. 2023, Edward Elgar.
- “Models of Coalition Politics: Recent Developments and New Directions.” In R. Franzese and L. Curini (eds.). Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations. 2020. SAGE Publications.
- “Judicialization and the Political Executive.” In R.B. Andeweg, R. Elgie, L. Helms, K. Kaarbo, and F. Mueller-Rommel (eds.). Oxford Handbook of Political Executives. 2020. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “Financial Crisis and Constitutional Compromise.” With Mitu Gulati. In Tom Ginsburg, Mark Rosen, and Georg Vanberg (eds). Constitutionalism in Times of Financial Crisis. 2019. Cambridge University Press.
- “Introduction.” With Tom Ginsburg and Mark Rosen. In Tom Ginsburg, Mark Rosen, and Georg Vanberg (eds). Constitutionalism in Times of Financial Crisis. 2019. Cambridge University Press.
- “The Least Dangerous Branch? Public Choice, Constitutional Courts, and Democratic Governance.” In Roger Congleton and Stefan Voigt (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice. 2019, Oxford University Press.
- “Paper Tigers (or How Much Will Courts Protect Rights in a Financial Crisis?).” With Mitu Gulati. In F. Allen, E. Carletti, and M. Gulati (eds). Institutions and the Crisis. 2018. European University Institute.
- “Politics, Polarization, and the U.S. Supreme Court.” With Moohyung Cho and Jason Todd. In Anna-Bettina Kaiser, Niels Petersen, and Johannes Saurer (eds.) The U.S. Supreme Court and Contemporary Constitutional Law: The Obama Era and Its Legacy. 2018. Nomos.
- “Contractarian Perspectives in Law and Economics.” With Viktor Vanberg. In Francesco Parisi (ed.). Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics. 2017. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “Gordon Tullock as a Political Scientist.” With Michael Munger. Constitutional Political Economy 2016: 194-213.
- “Coalition Formation and Policymaking.” With Lanny Martin. In Jennifer Ghandi and Ruben Ruiz Ruffino (eds.). Handbook of Political Institutions. 2015. London: Routledge Press.
- “Legislative Institutions and Coalition Government.” With Lanny Martin. In Thomas Saalfeld, Kaare Strom, and Shane Martin (eds.). Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies. 2014. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “Towards a (re-)integration of the social sciences: The Calculus of Consent at 50.” With Viktor Vanberg. Public Choice 152: 245-252.
- “The Will of the People: A Comparative Perspective on Friedman.” Michigan State Law Review. 2010 (3): 717-728.
- “Establishing and Maintaining Judicial Independence.” In Gregory Caldeira, Dan Keleman, and Keith Whittington (eds.). Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics. 2008. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “John Marshall Has Made His Decision: Implementation, Transparency, and Public Support.” In Jon Bond, Roy Fleming, and James R. Rogers (eds.). Institutional Games and the Supreme Court. 2006. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
- “Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit und Gesetzgebung: Zum politischen Spielraum des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes.” In Phillip Manow and Steffen Ganghof (eds.). Mechanismen der Politik – Strategische Interaktion im Deutschen Regierungssystem. 2005. Frankfurt: Campus Verlag.