Georg Vanberg

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Georg Vanberg is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Georg Vanberg has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 27 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 26 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Georg Vanberg's work include Judicial and Constitutional Studies (25 papers), Legal and Constitutional Studies (20 papers) and Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (18 papers). Georg Vanberg is often cited by papers focused on Judicial and Constitutional Studies (25 papers), Legal and Constitutional Studies (20 papers) and Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (18 papers). Georg Vanberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Sweden. Georg Vanberg's co-authors include Lanny W. Martin, Lucy Martin, Jeffrey K. Staton, G. Bingham Powell, Barry Friedman, Andrew D. Martin, Erik J. Engstrom, James R. Rogers, Justin Fox and David Fortunato and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science and The Journal of Politics.

In The Last Decade

Georg Vanberg

53 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Parliaments and Coalitions 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Parliaments and Coalitions
    2011 204 citations Lanny W. Martin, Georg Vanberg Oxford University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Georg Vanberg United States 26 1.8k 982 869 772 344 55 2.6k
Forrest Maltzman United States 23 1.1k 0.6× 959 1.0× 925 1.1× 441 0.6× 265 0.8× 49 1.9k
Charles M. Cameron United States 18 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 424 0.5× 279 0.8× 67 2.2k
Clifford J. Carrubba United States 20 1.4k 0.8× 588 0.6× 467 0.5× 567 0.7× 302 0.9× 43 1.8k
Lanny W. Martin United States 17 1.6k 0.9× 152 0.2× 351 0.4× 712 0.9× 224 0.7× 27 1.8k
Kathleen Bawn United States 14 1.4k 0.7× 174 0.2× 475 0.5× 593 0.8× 346 1.0× 22 1.7k
Sebastián M. Saiegh United States 20 1.1k 0.6× 186 0.2× 445 0.5× 206 0.3× 453 1.3× 59 1.6k
Lawrence S. Rothenberg United States 20 962 0.5× 177 0.2× 369 0.4× 586 0.8× 376 1.1× 64 1.3k
Eric Schickler United States 20 1.2k 0.6× 171 0.2× 260 0.3× 319 0.4× 487 1.4× 63 1.4k
Brian F. Crisp United States 20 1.7k 0.9× 237 0.2× 323 0.4× 334 0.4× 610 1.8× 52 2.0k
Seth Masket United States 18 1.3k 0.7× 127 0.1× 208 0.2× 648 0.8× 379 1.1× 48 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Georg Vanberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Georg Vanberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Georg Vanberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Georg Vanberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Georg Vanberg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Georg Vanberg. Georg Vanberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leventoğlu, Bahar, et al.. (2025). Federalism, political imbalance, and the right to secession. Constitutional Political Economy. 36(1). 26–43.
2.
Kern, Holger & Georg Vanberg. (2024). Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law: Tainted Judges and Accountability for Nazi Crimes in West Germany. The Journal of Politics. 86(4). 1333–1347.
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Nalepa, Monika, et al.. (2024). A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Citizen Uncertainty and Democratic Backsliding. The Journal of Politics. 87(4). 1272–1287. 3 indexed citations
4.
Munger, Michael C. & Georg Vanberg. (2021). Contractarianism, constitutionalism, and the status quo. Public Choice. 195(3-4). 323–339. 4 indexed citations
5.
Vanberg, Georg, et al.. (2021). Feuding, arbitration, and the emergence of an independent judiciary. Constitutional Political Economy. 33(2). 162–199. 1 indexed citations
6.
Martin, Lanny W. & Georg Vanberg. (2020). What You See Is Not Always What You Get: Bargaining before an Audience under Multiparty Government. American Political Science Review. 114(4). 1138–1154. 26 indexed citations
7.
Vanberg, Georg. (2019). Buchanan's Tensions: Reexamining the Political Economy and Philosophy of James M. Buchanan. 24(3). 458. 15 indexed citations
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Fortunato, David, Lanny W. Martin, & Georg Vanberg. (2017). Committee Chairs and Legislative Review in Parliamentary Democracies. British Journal of Political Science. 49(2). 785–797. 31 indexed citations
9.
Vanberg, Georg & Viktor J. Vanberg. (2017). Contractarian Perspectives in Law and Economics. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
10.
Martin, Lanny W. & Georg Vanberg. (2013). Multiparty Government, Fiscal Institutions, and Public Spending. The Journal of Politics. 75(4). 953–967. 33 indexed citations
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Fox, Justin & Georg Vanberg. (2011). Law as a Discovery Procedure: An Informational Rationale for Broad Judicial Decisions?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Martin, Lanny W. & Georg Vanberg. (2011). Parliaments and Coalitions. Oxford University Press eBooks. 204 indexed citations breakdown →
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Staton, Jeffrey K. & Georg Vanberg. (2008). The Value of Vagueness: Delegation, Defiance, and Judicial Opinions. American Journal of Political Science. 52(3). 504–519. 112 indexed citations
14.
Martin, Lanny W. & Georg Vanberg. (2007). A Robust Transformation Procedure for Interpreting Political Text. Political Analysis. 16(1). 93–100. 67 indexed citations
15.
Martin, Lanny W. & Georg Vanberg. (2007). Reply to Benoit and Laver. Political Analysis. 16(1). 112–114. 4 indexed citations
16.
Martin, Lanny W. & Georg Vanberg. (2005). Coalition Policymaking and Legislative Review. American Political Science Review. 99(1). 93–106. 158 indexed citations
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Martin, Lanny W. & Georg Vanberg. (2003). Wasting Time? The Impact of Ideology and Size on Delay in Coalition Formation. British Journal of Political Science. 33(2). 67 indexed citations
18.
Rogers, James R. & Georg Vanberg. (2002). Judicial Advisory Opinions and Legislative Outcomes in Comparative Perspective. American Journal of Political Science. 46(2). 379–379. 22 indexed citations
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Vanberg, Georg. (2001). Legislative-Judicial Relations: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Constitutional Review. American Journal of Political Science. 45(2). 346–346. 194 indexed citations
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Powell, G. Bingham & Georg Vanberg. (2000). Election Laws, Disproportionality and Median Correspondence: Implications for Two Visions of Democracy. British Journal of Political Science. 30(3). 383–411. 135 indexed citations

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