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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Law in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Law in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Stefan Voigt is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research spans mainly the social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. Their scholarly work has been published extensively, contributing to fields that integrate political science, law, and economics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Their subfields of study cover:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Law
  • Demography

Stefan Voigt's principal research topics focus on judicial and constitutional studies, corruption and economic development, and legal and constitutional studies, alongside related themes such as:

  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Legal and Constitutional Studies
  • Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Their publication record features frequent publications in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Public Choice
  • Econstor (Econstor)
  • Journal of Institutional Economics
  • European Journal of Political Economy

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Stefan Voigt include:

  • "Mind the gap: Analyzing the divergence between constitutional text and constitutional reality" (2021, International Journal of Constitutional Law)
  • "How not to write a constitution: lessons from Chile" (2023, Public Choice)
  • "Perception vs. experience: Explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata" (2020, European Journal of Political Economy)
  • "This time is different?-on the use of emergency measures during the corona pandemic" (2021, European Journal of Law and Economics)
  • "The comparative constitutional compliance database" (2023, The Review of International Organizations)

Stefan Voigt has collaborated with numerous co-authors often, including:

  • Jerg Gutmann
  • Christian Bjørnskov
  • Bernd Hayo
  • Lamis Saleh
  • Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska

In addition to articles, Stefan Voigt has published books with Cambridge University Press, notably:

  • Constitutional Economics (2020)
  • State of Emergency (2024)

Best Publications

  • Economic growth and judicial independence: cross-country evidence using a new set of indicators

    Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld;Stefan Voigt

  • How (not) to measure institutions

    Stefan Voigt

  • The economic effects of federalism and decentralization : a cross-country assessment

    Stefan Voigt;Lorenz Blume

  • Explaining de facto judicial independence

    Bernd Hayo;Stefan Voigt

  • The economic effects of constitutions: replicating—and extending—Persson and Tabellini

    Lorenz Blume;Jens Müller;Stefan Voigt;Carsten Wolf

  • Explaining Constitutional Change

    Stefan Voigt

  • Positive constitutional economics: A survey

    Stefan Voigt

  • Economic Growth and Judicial Independence: Cross Country Evidence Using a New Set of Indicators

    Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld;Stefan Voigt;Stefan Voigt

  • Positive constitutional economics II—a survey of recent developments

    Stefan Voigt

  • Determinants of judicial efficiency: a survey

    Stefan Voigt

  • Choosing Not To Choose: When Politicians Choose To Delegate Powers

    Stefan Voigt;Eli M. Salzberger

  • Economic growth and judicial independence, a dozen years on: Cross-country evidence using an updated Set of indicators

    Stefan Voigt;Jerg Gutmann;Lars P. Feld

  • Federalism and decentralization—a critical survey of frequently used indicators

    Lorenz Blume;Stefan Voigt

  • The economic effects of direct democracy—a first global assessment

    Lorenz Blume;Jens Müller;Stefan Voigt

  • The Economic Effects of Human Rights

    Lorenz Blume;Stefan Voigt

  • Does Membership in International Organizations Increase Governments’ Credibility? Testing the Effects of Delegating Powers

    Axel Dreher;Stefan Voigt

  • Determinants of Constitutional Change: Why Do Countries Change Their Form of Government?

    Bernd Hayo;Stefan Voigt;Stefan Voigt

  • Power over Prosecutors Corrupts Politicians: Cross Country Evidence Using a New Indicator

    Anne van Aaken;Lars P. Feld;Stefan Voigt

  • The (Economic) Effects of Lay Participation in Courts - A Cross-Country Analysis

    Stefan Voigt

  • Does organizational design of supreme audit institutions matter? A cross-country assessment

    Lorenz Blume;Stefan Voigt

  • Explaining Constitutional Change: A Positive Economics Approach

    Stefan Voigt

  • The Effects of Competition Policy on Development – Cross-Country Evidence Using Four New Indicators

    Stefan Voigt

  • Do Independent Prosecutors Deter Political Corruption? An Empirical Evaluation across Seventy-eight Countries

    Anne van Aaken;Lars P. Feld;Stefan Voigt

  • Implicit Consitutional Change—Changing the Meaning of the Constitution Without Changing the Text of the Document

    Stefan Voigt

  • The Role and Evolution of Beliefs, Habits, Moral Norms, and Institutions

    Stefan Voigt;Daniel Kiwit

  • Identifying the determinants of aggregate judicial performance: taxpayers’ money well spent?

    Stefan Voigt;Nora El-Bialy

  • Why do governments call a state of emergency? On the determinants of using emergency constitutions

    Christian Bjørnskov;Christian Bjørnskov;Stefan Voigt

  • Membership has its privileges: The effect of membership in international organizations on FDI

    Axel Dreher;Heiner Mikosch;Stefan Voigt

  • Determinants of Constitutional Change: Why Do Countries Change Their Form of Government?

    Bernd Hayo;Stefan Voigt

  • How to measure the rule of law

    Stefan Voigt

  • Institutional Economics: An Introduction

    Stefan Voigt

  • The Economic Effects of Constitutional Budget Institutions

    Stefan Voigt;Stefan Voigt;Lorenz Blume

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Hayo
Bernd Hayo Philipp University of Marburg
Lars P. Feld
Lars P. Feld Walter Eucken Institut
Christian Bjørnskov
Christian Bjørnskov Aarhus University
Nikolaus Hautsch
Nikolaus Hautsch University of Vienna
Axel Dreher
Axel Dreher Heidelberg University
Gert G. Wagner
Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research
Lawrence E. Blume
Lawrence E. Blume Cornell University
Juergen von Hagen
Juergen von Hagen University of Bonn
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Klaus F. Zimmermann Maastricht University

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