Publications

Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals

Choutagunta, Abishek, Gutmann, Jerg, and Voigt, Stefan (forth). Shocking resilience? Effects of extreme events on constitutional compliance, Journal of Institutional Economics. [DOI] (open access)

Gutmann, Jerg, Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna, and Voigt, Stefan (forth). The comparative constitutional compliance database, The Review of International Organizations. [DOI] (open access)

Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (forth). The economic effects of international sanctions: An event study, Journal of Comparative Economics. [DOI]

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2023). Militant constitutionalism: A promising concept to make constitutional backsliding less likely? Public Choice 195(3-4):377-404. [DOI] (open access)

Gutmann, Jerg, Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna, and Voigt, Stefan (2023). Leader characteristics and constitutional compliance, European Journal of Political Economy, 102423. [DOI]

Gutmann, Jerg, Pitlik, Hans, and Fronaschütz, Andrea (2023). Has the Russian invasion of Ukraine reinforced anti-globalization sentiment in Austria? Empirica 50(2):289-299. [DOI] (open access)

Bjørnskov, Christian, Freytag, Andreas, and Gutmann, Jerg (2022). Coups and the dynamics of media freedom, Economic Modelling, 106025. [DOI], [RG]

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2022). Testing Todd: Family types and development, Journal of Institutional Economics 18(1):101-118. [DOI] (open access)

Gouda, Moamen and Gutmann, Jerg (2021). Islamic constitutions and religious minorities, Public Choice 186(3-4):243-265. [DOI], [Full Text]

Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (2021). Sanctioned to death? The impact of economic sanctions on life expectancy and its gender gap, Journal of Development Studies 57(1):139-162. [DOI], [RG], [Die Presse coverage], [FAZ coverage], [Foreign Policy coverage]

Berggren, Niclas and Gutmann, Jerg (2020). Securing personal freedom through institutions: The role of electoral democracy and judicial independence, European Journal of Law and Economics 49(2):165-186. [DOI] (open access)

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2020). Judicial independence in the EU: A puzzle, European Journal of Law and Economics 49(1):83-100. [DOI], [Full Text]

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2020). Traditional law in times of the nation state: Why is it so prevalent? Journal of Institutional Economics 16(4):445-461. [DOI] (open access), shortlisted for the Elinor Ostrom Prize 2021

Gutmann, Jerg, Padovano, Fabio, and Voigt, Stefan (2020). Perception vs. experience: Explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata, European Journal of Political Economy 65:101925. [DOI], [RG], [Full Text]

Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (2020). Precision-guided or blunt? The effect of US economic sanctions on human rights, Public Choice 185(1-2):161-182. [DOI], [Full Text], [Radio Bern coverage], [Die Presse coverage]

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2019). The independence of prosecutors and government accountability, Supreme Court Economic Review 27:1-19. [DOI], [RG]

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2018). The rule of law: Measurement and deep roots, European Journal of Political Economy 54:68-82. [DOI], [RG]

Gutmann, Jerg and Lucas, Viola (2018). Private sector-corruption: Measurement and cultural origins, Social Indicators Research 138(2):747-770. [DOI], [Full Text]

Gutmann, Jerg, Pfaff, Katharina, and Voigt, Stefan (2017). Banking crises and human rights, Applied Economics Letters 24(19):1374-1377. [DOI], [RG]

Kiesow Cortez, Florian and Gutmann, Jerg (2017). Domestic institutions and the ratification of international agreements in a panel of democracies, Constitutional Political Economy 28(2):142-166. [DOI], [Full Text]

Gassebner, Martin, Gutmann, Jerg, and Voigt, Stefan (2016). When to expect a coup d'état? An extreme bounds analysis of coup determinants, Public Choice 169(3):293-313. [DOI], [Full Text], [FAZ coverage]

Imhof, Sina, Gutmann, Jerg, and Voigt, Stefan (2016). The economics of green constitutions, Asian Journal of Law and Economics 7(3):305-322. [DOI] (open access)

Gutmann, Jerg (2015). Believe, But Verify? The effect of market structure on corruption in religious organizations, Kyklos 68(2):153-164. [DOI], [Full Text]

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2015). The rule of law and constitutionalism in Muslim countries, Public Choice 162(3-4):351-380. [DOI], [Full Text], [NZZ coverage], [Berlingske coverage]

Voigt, Stefan and Gutmann, Jerg (2015). On the wrong side of the law: Causes and consequences of a corrupt judiciary, International Review of Law and Economics 43:156-166. [DOI], [RG]

Voigt, Stefan, Gutmann, Jerg, and Feld, Lars P. (2015). Economic growth and judicial independence, a dozen years on: Cross-country evidence using an updated set of indicators, European Journal of Political Economy 38:197-211. [DOI], [RG]

Voigt, Stefan and Gutmann, Jerg (2013). Turning cheap talk into economic growth: On the relationship between property rights and judicial independence, Journal of Comparative Economics 41(1):66-73. [DOI], [RG]

Publications in Handbooks and Journals w/o Peer-review

Choutagunta, Abishek and Gutmann, Jerg (forth). Democracy and economic freedom, in: N. Berggren (ed.), Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom, Edward Elgar.

Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (forth). Political economy of international sanctions, in: C. Bjørnskov & R.M. Jong-a-Pin (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, Edward Elgar.

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (forth). Quantitative analysis of constitutions, in: D.S. Law & M. Langford (eds.), Research Methods in Constitutional Law: A Handbook, Edward Elgar.

Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (2023). The impact of economic sanctions on target countries: A review of the empirical evidence, EconPol Forum. [Full Text], [Die Presse coverage], [FR coverage], [HAZ coverage], [Helsinki Times coverage], [Merkur coverage], [Spiegel coverage], [Tagesspiegel coverage], [Welt coverage], [ZDF]

Steinbach, Armin, Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (2023). Economic sanctions and human rights: Quantifying the legal proportionality principle, Harvard Human Rights Journal 36:1-40. [Full Text]

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2022). Conceptualization and measurement of institutions, in: B. Dallago & S. Casagrande (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Economic Systems, Routledge, pp. 241-255. [DOI], [RG]

Gutmann, Jerg, Khesali, Mahdi, and Voigt, Stefan (2021). Constitutional comprehensibility and the coordination of citizens: A test of the Weingast-hypothesis, The University of Chicago Law Review Online. [Full Text]

Gutmann, Jerg (2020). Interdisziplinarität und Internationalität als Herausforderungen in der Lehre: Blended Learning im European Master in Law & Economics, Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Rechtswissenschaft 7(2):170-178. [DOI]

Voigt, Stefan and Gutmann, Jerg (2019). Challenges in estimating the effects of constitutional design on public policy, in: R. Congleton, B. Grofman, & S. Voigt (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 2, Oxford University Press, pp. 438-450. [DOI], [RG]

Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2018). The rule of law and Islam, in: C. May & A. Winchester (eds.), Handbook on the Rule of Law, Edward Elgar, pp. 345-356. [DOI], [RG]

Gutmann, Jerg (2015). The economic analysis of refugee law, Hamburg Law Review 2015/2, pp. 41-48. [Full Text]

Voigt, Stefan, Gutmann, Jerg, and Feld, Lars P. (2015). Mehr Wirtschaftswachstum durch eine unabhängige Justiz? Evidenz einer ländervergleichenden Studie, Justice-Justiz- Giustizia–Schweizer Richterzeitung 2015/3. [RG], [French re-publication, Journal des Libertés 10:49-65]

Gutmann, Jerg, Hayo, Bernd, and Voigt, Stefan (2014). Determinants of constitutionally safeguarded judicial review: Insights based on a new indicator, in: Y.-C. Chang (ed.), Empirical Legal Analysis: Assessing the Performance of Legal Institutions, Routledge, pp. 216-254. [Publisher]

Comments and Reviews

Gutmann, Jerg (2021). JPR-book note on: 'De Bruin, Erica, 2020, How to prevent coups d'état: Counterbalancing and regime survival'. [Full Text]

Gutmann, Jerg (2017). Comment on Heike Krieger, in: T. Eger, S. Oeter & S. Voigt (eds.), International Law and the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, Mohr Siebeck, pp. 213-217. [Full Text]