Publications

Journal articles

2026

• Culture and constitutional compliance
  Gutmann, J., Lewczuk-Czerwińska, A., Lewkowicz, J., & Voigt, S. (2026). European Economic Review, 190, 105471. DOI Open access

2025

• The nation-state foundations of constitutional compliance
  Grajzl, P., Gutmann, J., & Voigt, S. (2025). Constitutional Political Economy, 36(3), 302–327. Free access
• How do citizens define and value the rule of law? A conjoint experiment in Germany and Poland
  Gutmann, J., Kantorowicz, J., & Voigt, S. (2025). Journal of European Public Policy, 32(4), 899–925. DOI Open access
• Introduction to the special issue on constitutional compliance
  Gutmann, J., & Metelska-Szaniawska, K. (2025). Constitutional Political Economy, 36(3), 271–272. Free access
• Measuring constitutional loyalty
  Gutmann, J., Sarel, R., & Voigt, S. (2025). Public Choice, 205(1–2), 1–18. DOI Open access
• Debt beliefs and public support for restrictive fiscal rules
  Kantorowicz, J., & Metelska-Szaniawska, K. (2025). Economics Letters, 247, 112104. DOI Open access
• Assessing the impact of federalism on constitutional compliance
  Kantorowicz, J., & Voigt, S. (2025). Constitutional Political Economy, 36(3), 328–350. DOI Open access
• Economic effects of (non-)compliance with constitutions
  Lewczuk, A., & Metelska-Szaniawska, K. (2025). Journal of Comparative Economics, 53(1), 227–242. DOI
• Political conflict, political polarization, and constitutional compliance
  Lewkowicz, J., Metelska-Szaniawska, K., & Fałkowski, J. (2025). Constitutional Political Economy, 36(3), 351–375. DOI Open access

2024

• Shocking resilience? Effects of extreme events on constitutional compliance
  Choutagunta, A., Gutmann, J., & Voigt, S. (2024). Journal of Institutional Economics, 20, Article e3. DOI Open access
• The comparative constitutional compliance database
  Gutmann, J., Metelska-Szaniawska, K., & Voigt, S. (2024). The Review of International Organizations, 19(1), 95–115. DOI Open access
• Leader characteristics and constitutional compliance
  Gutmann, J., Metelska-Szaniawska, K., & Voigt, S. (2024). European Journal of Political Economy, 84, 102423. DOI
• Watch out for words: The wording of constitutions and constitutional compliance
  Lewkowicz, J., Fałkowski, J., Luo, Z., & Marut, O. (2024). Journal of Institutional Economics, 20, Article e35. DOI
• The longer the worse? The case of populism, anti-pluralism, and constitutional compliance
  Lewkowicz, J., Woźniak, R., Lewczuk, A., & Marcol, M. (2024). Democratization, 31(1), 132–156. DOI

2023

• Militant constitutionalism: A promising concept to make constitutional backsliding less likely?
  Gutmann, J., & Voigt, S. (2023). Public Choice, 195(3–4), 377–404. DOI Open access
• Judicial independence: Why does de facto diverge from de jure?
  Hayo, B., & Voigt, S. (2023). European Journal of Political Economy, 79, 102454. DOI
• Civil society and compliance with constitutions
  Lewkowicz, J., & Lewczuk, A. (2023). Acta Politica, 58(1), 181–211. Free access

2022

• Coups and the dynamics of media freedom
  Bjørnskov, C., Freytag, A., & Gutmann, J. (2022). Economic Modelling, 116, 106025. DOI
• Unconstitutional states of emergency
  Bjørnskov, C., Voigt, S., & Khesali, M. (2022). The Journal of Legal Studies, 51(2), 455–481. DOI
• In practice or just on paper? Some insights on using alphabetical rule to assign judges to cases
  Fałkowski, J., & Lewkowicz, J. (2022). European Journal of Law and Economics, 54(3), 405–430. Free access

2021

• Are adjudication panels strategically selected? The case of constitutional court in Poland
  Fałkowski, J., & Lewkowicz, J. (2021). International Review of Law and Economics, 65, 105950. DOI
• Constitutional comprehensibility and the coordination of citizens: A test of the Weingast-hypothesis
  Gutmann, J., Khesali, M., & Voigt, S. (2021). University of Chicago Law Review Online. Link Open access
• Mind the gap: Analyzing the divergence between constitutional text and constitutional reality
  Voigt, S. (2021). International Journal of Constitutional Law, 19(5), 1778–1809. DOI

2020

• Securing personal freedom through institutions: The role of electoral democracy and judicial independence
  Berggren, N., & Gutmann, J. (2020). European Journal of Law and Economics, 49(2), 165–186. DOI Open access

Working papers

• Do people value compliance with (constitutional) fiscal rules? Evidence from a conjoint experiment
  Kantorowicz, J., & Metelska-Szaniawska, K. (2023). Working paper.
• How does the public make sense of fiscal rules?
  Kantorowicz, J., & Metelska-Szaniawska, K. (2023). Working paper.