Publications
Selected Publications
(see below for a complete list)
Gutmann, Jerg, Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw, and Voigt, Stefan (2025). How do citizens define and value the rule of law? A conjoint experiment in Germany and Poland. Journal of European Public Policy 32(4):899-925. [DOI] (open access), [Data]
Endrich, Marek and Gutmann, Jerg (2025). Pacem in terris: Are papal visits good news for human rights? Comparative Political Studies 58(2):364-393. [DOI] (open access), [Data], Media coverage: Bistumspresse, Christliches Forum, Domradio, El Orden Mundial, Forschung und Wissen, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Informativna Katolička Agencija, Katholiek Nieuwsblad, Katholische Sonntagszeitung, Kirche+Leben, MediaCongo, PRO, Sciences Humaines, Tagespost, Vatican News, Weinberg, Zenit.
Gutmann, Jerg, Langer, Pascal, and Neuenkirch, Matthias (2024). International sanctions and emigration. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 226, 106709. [DOI] (open access), [Data], Media coverage: Evangelische Zeitung, Feijoada Politica, lokalo, myScience, Welt, Weltkirche, WochenSpiegel.
Gutmann, Jerg, Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna, and Voigt, Stefan (2024). The comparative constitutional compliance database, The Review of International Organizations 19(1):95-115. [DOI] (open access), [Data], Media coverage: Obserwator Gospodarczy.
Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (2023). The economic effects of international sanctions: An event study, Journal of Comparative Economics 51(4):1214-1231. [DOI], [RG], [Data], Media coverage: Telepolis.
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], [Data], Media coverage: Die Presse, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Foreign Policy, Sonntagszeitung.
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], Media coverage: World Economic Forum.
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(3-4):293-313. [DOI], [Full Text], Media coverage: Frankfurter Allgemeine, Kurier.
Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals
Forthcoming
Grajzl, Peter, Gutmann, Jerg, and Voigt, Stefan (forth). The nation-state foundations of constitutional compliance. Constitutional Political Economy. [DOI], [Full Text]
Gutmann, Jerg, Sarel, Roee, and Voigt, Stefan (forth). Measuring constitutional loyalty. Public Choice. [DOI] (open access), [Data]
2025
Endrich, Marek and Gutmann, Jerg (2025). Pacem in terris: Are papal visits good news for human rights? Comparative Political Studies 58(2):364-393. [DOI] (open access), [Data], Media coverage: Bistumspresse, Christliches Forum, Domradio, El Orden Mundial, Forschung und Wissen, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Informativna Katolička Agencija, Katholiek Nieuwsblad, Katholische Sonntagszeitung, Kirche+Leben, MediaCongo, PRO, Sciences Humaines, Tagespost, Vatican News, Weinberg, Zenit.
Gutmann, Jerg, Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw, and Voigt, Stefan (2025). How do citizens define and value the rule of law? A conjoint experiment in Germany and Poland. Journal of European Public Policy 32(4):899-925. [DOI] (open access), [Data]
2024
Choutagunta, Abishek, Gutmann, Jerg, and Voigt, Stefan (2024). Shocking resilience? Effects of extreme events on constitutional compliance, Journal of Institutional Economics 20, e3. [DOI] (open access), [Data]
Gutmann, Jerg, Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna, and Voigt, Stefan (2024). Leader characteristics and constitutional compliance, European Journal of Political Economy 84, 102423. [DOI], [RG]
Gutmann, Jerg, Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna, and Voigt, Stefan (2024). The comparative constitutional compliance database, The Review of International Organizations 19(1):95-115. [DOI] (open access), [Data], Media coverage: Obserwator Gospodarczy.
Gutmann, Jerg, Langer, Pascal, and Neuenkirch, Matthias (2024). International sanctions and emigration. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 226, 106709. [DOI] (open access), [Data], Media coverage: Evangelische Zeitung, Feijoada Politica, lokalo, myScience, Welt, Weltkirche, WochenSpiegel.
Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (2024). Do China and Russia undermine Western sanctions? Evidence from DiD and event study estimation, Review of International Economics 32(1):132-160. [DOI] (open access), [Data], Media coverage: lokalo.
2023
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, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (2023). The economic effects of international sanctions: An event study, Journal of Comparative Economics 51(4):1214-1231. [DOI], [RG], [Data], Media coverage: Telepolis.
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), [Data], Media coverage: DieLinde.
2022
Bjørnskov, Christian, Freytag, Andreas, and Gutmann, Jerg (2022). Coups and the dynamics of media freedom, Economic Modelling 116, 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), [Data]
2021
Gouda, Moamen and Gutmann, Jerg (2021). Islamic constitutions and religious minorities, Public Choice 186(3-4):243-265. [DOI], [Full Text], [Data]
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], [Data], Media coverage: Die Presse, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Foreign Policy, Sonntagszeitung.
2020
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), [Data], 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], Media coverage: World Economic Forum.
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], [Data], Media coverage: Radio Bern, Die Presse.
2019
Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2019). The independence of prosecutors and government accountability, Supreme Court Economic Review 27:1-19. [DOI], [RG], [Data]
2018
Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2018). The rule of law: Measurement and deep roots, European Journal of Political Economy 54:68-82. [DOI], [RG], [Data], Media coverage: ABC Juridic.
Gutmann, Jerg and Lucas, Viola (2018). Private-sector corruption: Measurement and cultural origins, Social Indicators Research 138(2):747-770. [DOI], [Full Text], [Data]
2017
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]
2016
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(3-4):293-313. [DOI], [Full Text], Media coverage: Frankfurter Allgemeine, Kurier.
Imhof, Sina, Gutmann, Jerg, and Voigt, Stefan (2016). The economics of green constitutions, Asian Journal of Law and Economics 7(3):305-322. [DOI] (free access)
2015
Gutmann, Jerg (2015). Believe, but verify? The effect of market structure on corruption in religious organizations, Kyklos 68(2):153-164. [DOI], [RG]
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], [Data], Media coverage: NZZ, Berlingske.
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], [Data]
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], [Data]
2013
Other Publications (Handbooks and Journals w/o Peer-review)
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 (forth). Political economy of international sanctions, in: C. Bjørnskov & R.M. Jong-a-Pin (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, Edward Elgar.
Choutagunta, Abishek and Gutmann, Jerg (2024). Democracy and economic freedom, in: N. Berggren (ed.), Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom, Edward Elgar, pp. 133-143. [DOI]
Gutmann, Jerg and Voigt, Stefan (2024). Constitutions and law and economics, in: R. Grote, F. Lachenmann, & R. Wolfrum (eds.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law, Oxford University Press. [Link]
Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (2023). The impact of economic sanctions on target countries: A review of the empirical evidence, EconPol Forum 24(3):5-9. [Full Text], Media coverage: Die Presse, Frankfurter Rundschau, Hannoversche Allgemeine, Helsinki Times, Merkur, Spiegel, Tagesspiegel, Welt, 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. [Link]
Gutmann, Jerg (2020). Interdisziplinarität und Internationalität als Herausforderung 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 2015/2:41-48. [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]