2026 Viktor Vanberg: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	37	626	571	27	26	220	8862

Overview

Viktor Vanberg is affiliated with the Walter Eucken Institut in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within the social sciences and economics. The primary fields of study include Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with significant work also addressing subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, and Accounting.

The research topics covered by Vanberg reflect a focus on political economy, economic theory, and related areas. These include:

Political Economy and Marxism
Economic Theory and Institutions
Political Philosophy and Ethics
Economic theories and models
Local Government Finance and Decentralization
Political Systems and Governance
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance

Vanberg has authored a number of papers that contribute to these areas, with recent publications highlighting various aspects of political economy and evolutionary economics. These papers are:

J. M. Buchanan's contractarian constitutionalism: political economy for democratic society, 2020, Public Choice
Kulturelle Evolution und die Gestaltung von Regeln, 2025, Mohr Siebeck eBooks
Liberaler Evolutionismus oder vertragstheoretischer Konstitutionalismus?, 2025, Mohr Siebeck eBooks
Carl Menger, F.A. Hayek and the evolutionary strand in Austrian economics, 2020, The Review of Austrian Economics
Competitive federalism, individual autonomy, and citizen sovereignty, 2024, Kyklos

There are no frequent co-authors listed, indicating Vanberg may work primarily independently or with a varying set of collaborators.

The publication venues of Vanberg's work are predominantly in specialized and interdisciplinary journals and publishers. Frequent venues include:

Mohr Siebeck eBooks
Public Choice
The Review of Austrian Economics
Kyklos
Homo Oeconomicus

Vanberg's book output, published by Mohr Siebeck eBooks, features multiple works released between 2023 and 2025. These include:

Wissenschaftsverständnis, Sozialtheorie und politische Programmatik (2023)
Verbrechen, Strafe und Abschreckung (2025)
Markt und Organisation (2025)
Die zwei Soziologien (2025)

Best Publications

Rules and choice in economics

Viktor J. Vanberg

899
Citations
The Market as a Creative Process

James M. Buchanan;Viktor J. Vanberg

602
Citations
Die zwei Soziologien : Individualismus und Kollektivismus in der Sozialtheorie

Viktor Vanberg

527
Citations
In defence of generalized Darwinism

Howard E. Aldrich;Geoffrey M. Hodgson;David L. Hull;Thorbjørn Knudsen

470
Citations
Spontaneous Market Order and Social Rules

Viktor Vanberg

455
Citations
Markt und Organisation : individualistische Sozialtheorie und das Problem korporativen Handelns

Viktor Vanberg

423
Citations
Interests and Theories in Constitutional Choice

Viktor Vanberg;James M. Buchanan

360
Citations
Rationality, Morality, and Exit

Viktor J. Vanberg;Roger D. Congleton

317
Citations
Institutional competition among jurisdictions: An evolutionary approach

Viktor Vanberg;Wolfgang Kerber

274
Citations
Rational Choice vs. Program-based Behavior Alternative Theoretical Approaches and their Relevance for the Study of Institutions

Viktor J. Vanberg

256
Citations
The Freiburg School: Walter Eucken and Ordoliberalism

Viktor J. Vanberg

217
Citations
Market and state: the perspective of constitutional political economy

Viktor J. Vanberg

216
Citations
Rules and choice in economics and sociology

Viktor J Vanberg

210
Citations
The Constitution of Markets: Essays in Political Economy

Viktor J Vanberg

190
Citations
The rationality postulate in economics: its ambiguity, its deficiency and its evolutionary alternative

Viktor J. Vanberg

187
Citations
Organizations as constitutional systems

Viktor J. Vanberg

162
Citations
Carl Menger's evolutionary and John R. Commons' collective action approach to institutions: a comparison

Viktor Vanberg

137
Citations
RATIONAL CHOICE, RULE-FOLLOWING AND INSTITUTIONS: An evolutionary perspective

Viktor Vanberg

81
Citations
The Status Quo in Contractarian-Constitutionalist Perspective

Viktor J. Vanberg

81
Citations
Explorations into constitutional economics

James M. Buchanan;Robert D. Tollison;Viktor J. Vanberg

71
Citations
Globalization, Democracy, and Citizens' Sovereignty: Can Competition Among Governments Enhance Democracy? 1

Viktor Vanberg

61
Citations
Cultural Evolution, Collective Learning, and Constitutional Design

Viktor Vanberg

58
Citations
Essays on individualism: Modern ideology in anthropological perspective : Louis Dumont, (University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1986) pp. x + 284, $27.50

Viktor Vanberg

54
Citations
Help, harm or avoid? On the personal advantage of dispositions to cooperate and punish in multilateral PD games with exit

Roger D Congleton;Viktor J Vanberg

42
Citations
Liberal constitutionalism, constitutional liberalism and democracy

Viktor J. Vanberg

38
Citations
Markets and the Law

V. Vanberg

30
Citations
The Constitution of Markets

Viktor J. Vanberg

29
Citations
Consumer Welfare, Total Welfare and Economic Freedom – On the Normative Foundations of Competition Policy

Viktor J. Vanberg

17
Citations
Constitutional Economics and Ethics — On the Relation Between Self-Interest and Morality

Viktor J. Vanberg

16
Citations
Ordnungspolitik, the Freiburg School and the reason of rules

Viktor J. Vanberg

11
Citations
Democracy, Citizen Sovereignty and Constitutional Economics

Viktor J. Vanberg

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedrich A. von Hayek University of Freiburg

Roger D. Congleton West Virginia University

Georg Vanberg Duke University

David L. Hull Northwestern University

Geoffrey M. Hodgson Loughborough University

Lars P. Feld Walter Eucken Institut

Robert D. Tollison Clemson University

Joel Mokyr Northwestern University

External Links

Wikipedia of Viktor Vanberg Personal website of Viktor Vanberg

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