Georg Vanberg
Ernestine Friedl Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Georg Vanberg (Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1999) is the Ernestine Friedl Distinguished Professor of Political Science. His research focuses on political institutions, including courts, legislatures, and coalition governance. He is the author of Parliaments and Coalitions (with Lanny Martin, Oxford University Press), and The Politics of Constitutional Review in Germany (Cambridge University Press). His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, and was awarded the 2012 Richard F. Fenno Prize of the American Political Science Association for the Best Book in Legislative Studies, the 2013 Award for the Best Paper published in The Journal of Politics
, and the 2015 Elinor Ostrom Prize for the Best Paper published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics.
He served as editor of the journal Public Choice
(2011-2016), and is a past President of the Public Choice Society (2016-18).
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Ernestine Friedl Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2020
- Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013
- Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development in Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University 2022
Contact Information
- 140 Science Drive, 219 Gross Hall, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
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georg.vanberg@duke.edu
(919) 660-4311
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GeorgVanberg.com
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Rochester 1999
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Chair of the Department of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016 - 2021
- Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015
- Recognition
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In the News
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Awards & Honors
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
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Global Scholarship
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Research
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Or Honig Support awarded by Israel Institute 2017 - 2018
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Vanberg, G. Constitutional courts in comparative perspective: A theoretical assessment. Vol. 18, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-040113-161150.Full Text
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Martin, L. W., and G. Vanberg. Parliaments and Coalitions: The Role of Legislative Institutions in Multiparty Governance, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199607884.001.0001.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. S. The Politics of Constitutional Review in Germany. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Academic Articles
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Broman, B., and G. Vanberg. “Feuding, arbitration, and the emergence of an independent judiciary.” Constitutional Political Economy 33, no. 2 (June 1, 2022): 162–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-021-09341-x.Full Text
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Martin, L. W., and G. Vanberg. “Coalition Government, Legislative Institutions, and Public Policy in Parliamentary Democracies.” American Journal of Political Science 64, no. 2 (April 1, 2020): 325–40. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12453.Full Text
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Martin, L. W., and G. Vanberg. “What You See Is Not Always What You Get: Bargaining before an Audience under Multiparty Government.” American Political Science Review 114, no. 4 (January 1, 2020): 1138–54. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055420000337.Full Text
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Fortunato, D., L. W. Martin, and G. Vanberg. “Committee Chairs and Legislative Review in Parliamentary Democracies.” British Journal of Political Science 49, no. 2 (April 1, 2019): 785–97. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123416000673.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. “Constitutional political economy, democratic theory and institutional design.” Public Choice 177, no. 3–4 (December 1, 2018): 199–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-018-0570-0.Full Text
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Gulati, M., and G. Vanberg. “Financial Crises and Constitutional Compromise (In preparation),” 2017.
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Munger, M., and G. Vanberg. “Gordon Tullock as a political scientist.” Constitutional Political Economy 27, no. 2 (April 1, 2016): 194–213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-016-9214-x.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Benjamin, S., and G. Vanberg. “Judicial Retirements and the Staying Power of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions.” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 13, no. 1 (2016): 5–26.Link to Item
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Martin, L. W., and G. Vanberg. “Parties and policymaking in multiparty governments: The legislative median, ministerial autonomy, and the coalition compromise.” American Journal of Political Science 58, no. 4 (October 1, 2014): 979–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12099.Full Text
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Martin, L. W., and G. Vanberg. “A step in the wrong direction: An appraisal of the zero-intelligence model of government formation.” Journal of Politics 76, no. 4 (July 21, 2014): 873–79. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381614000474.Full Text
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Fox, J., and G. Vanberg. “Narrow versus broad judicial decisions.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 26, no. 3 (July 1, 2014): 355–83. https://doi.org/10.1177/0951629813502709.Full Text
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Martin, L. W., and G. Vanberg. “Multiparty government, fiscal institutions, and public spending.” Journal of Politics 75, no. 4 (October 1, 2013): 953–67. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381613000947.Full Text
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Carrubba, C., B. Friedman, A. D. Martin, and G. Vanberg. “Who Controls the Content of Supreme Court Opinions?” American Journal of Political Science 56, no. 2 (April 1, 2012): 400–412. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00557.x.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. S., and V. Vanberg. “Towards a (re-)integration of the social sciences: The Calculus of Consent at 50.” Public Choice, 2012, 245–52.
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Vanberg, G. “Substance vs. procedure: Constitutional enforcement and constitutional choice.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 80, no. 2 (October 1, 2011): 309–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2011.06.030.Full Text
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Engstrom, E. J., and G. Vanberg. “Assessing the Allocation of Pork: Evidence From Congressional Earmarks.” American Politics Research 38, no. 6 (October 6, 2010): 959–85. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X10369529.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. S. “The Will of the People: A Comparative Perspective on Friedman.” Michigan State Law Review 3 (2010): 717–28.
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Vanberg, G., and Erik Engstrom. “Assessing the Partisan Allocation of Pork: Evidence from Congressional Earmarks.” American Politics Research 38 (2010): 958–85.
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McGuire, K. T., G. Vanberg, C. E. Smith, and G. A. Caldeira. “Measuring policy content on the U.S. Supreme court.” Journal of Politics 71, no. 4 (October 1, 2009): 1305–21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381609990107.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. S., and J. Staton. “The Value of Vagueness: Delegation, Defiance, and Judicial Opinions.” American Journal of Political Science, 2008, 504–19.
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Vanberg, G. S., and L. Martin. “Coalition Government and Political Communication.” Political Research Quarterly, 2008, 502–16.
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Vanberg, G. S., and L. Martin. “Reply to Benoit and Laver.” Political Analysis, 2008, 112–14.
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Vanberg, G. S., and L. Martin. “A Robust Transformation Procedure for Interpreting Political Texts.” Political Analysis, 2008, 93–100.
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Rogers, J. R., and G. Vanberg. “Resurrecting lochner: A defense of unprincipled judicial activism.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 23, no. 2 (June 1, 2007): 442–68. https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewm029.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. S., and J. Rogers. “Resurrecting Lochner: A Continent Defense of Judicial Activism.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2007, 442–68.
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Vanberg, G. S., and L. Martin. “Coalition Policymaking and Legislative Review.” American Political Science Review, 2005, 93–106.
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Vanberg, G. S. “Policing the Bargain: Coalition Government and Parliamentary Scrutiny.” American Journal of Political Science, 2004, 13–27.
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Alter, K. J., R. Dehousse, and G. Vanberg. “Law, Political Science and EU Legal Studies: An Interdisciplinary Project?” European Union Politics 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 113–36. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116502003001006.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. S. “Law, Politics, and Interdisciplinary Work.” European Union Politics, 2002, 127–35.
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Vanberg, G. S. “Legislative-Judicial Relations: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Constitutional Review,” 2001, 346–61.
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Powell, G. B., and G. S. Vanberg. “Election laws, disproportionality and median correspondence: Implications for two visions of democracy.” British Journal of Political Science 30, no. 3 (January 1, 2000): 383–411. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007123400000168.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. “Establishing judicial independence in West Germany: The impact of opinion leadership and the separation of powers.” Comparative Politics 32, no. 3 (January 1, 2000): 333–53. https://doi.org/10.2307/422370.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. “Intergovernmental fiscal relations.” Constitutional Political Economy 10, no. 2 (January 1, 1999): 199–201. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1017272930043.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. “Abstract judicial review, legislative bargaining, and policy compromise.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 10, no. 3 (January 1, 1998): 299–326. https://doi.org/10.1177/0951692898010003005.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. “Reply to Stone Sweet.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 10, no. 3 (January 1, 1998): 339–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0951692898010003007.Full Text
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Vanberg, G. S. “Wasting Time? The Impact of Ideology and Size on Delay in Coalition Formation,” n.d.
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Vanberg, G. S., and J. Rogers. “Judicial Advisory Opinions and Legislative Outcomes in Comparative Perspective.” American Journal of Political Science, n.d., 379–97.
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Book Sections
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Todd, Jason Douglas, Moohyung Cho, and Georg Vanberg. “Politics, Polarization, and the U.S. Supreme Court.” In The U.S. Supreme Court and Contemporary Constitutional Law: The Obama Era and Its Legacy, edited by Anna-Bettina Kaiser, Niels Petersen, and Johannes Saurer, 41–66. Baden Baden, Germany: Nomos / Routledge, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845289496-41.Full Text Link to Item
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Vanberg, G. S. “Legislative Institutions and Coalition Government.” In The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, edited by Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld, and Kaare W. Strøm. Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Vanberg, G., and Lanny Martin. ““Legislative Institutions and Coalition Government.”.” In Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, edited by Thomas Saalfeld, Kaare Strøm, and Shane Martin. Oxford Univeristy Press, 2013.
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Vanberg, G. S. “John Marshall Has Made His Decision: Implementation, Transparency, and Public Support.” In Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court, edited by James R. Rogers, Roy B. Flemming, and Jon R. Bond. University of Virginia Press, 2012.
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Vanberg, G. “"John Marshall has made his decision": Implementation,transparency, and public support.” In Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court, 69–96, 2012.
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Vanberg, G. S. “Establishing and Maintaining Judicial Independence.” In The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics, edited by Keith E. Whittington, R Daniel Kelemen, and Gregory A. Caldeira. Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Vanberg, G. S. “Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit und Gesetzgebung: Zum politischen Spielraum des Bun-desverfassungsgerichtes.” In Neue Theoretische Perspektiven Auf Das Deutsche Regierungssystem, edited by P. Manow and S. Ganghof. Cologne: Max-Planck-Institut f ̈ ur Gesellschafts- forschung, 2005.
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Other Articles
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Vanberg, G., and Lanny Martin. ““Legislative Institutions and Coalition Government.”.” Edited by Thomas Saalfeld, Kaare Strøm, and Shane Martin. Oxford Univeristy Press, 2013.
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- POLSCI 180FS: Hierarchy and Spontaneous Order: The Nature of Freedom in Political and Economic Organizations (C-N) 2023
- POLSCI 393-6: Sophomore/Junior Research Independent Study Political Economy 2023
- POLSCI 493-2: Senior Research Independent Study Political Institutions 2023
- POLSCI 715: Core in Political Institutions 2023
- DECSCI 201: Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence 2022
- ECON 362: Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence 2022
- POLSCI 180FS: Hierarchy and Spontaneous Order: The Nature of Freedom in Political and Economic Organizations (C-N) 2022
- POLSCI 217: Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence 2022
- POLSCI 393-2: Sophomore/Junior Research Independent Study Political Institutions 2022
- POLSCI 493-2: Senior Research Independent Study Political Institutions 2022
- DECSCI 201: Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence 2021
- ECON 362: Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence 2021
- POLSCI 217: Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence 2021
- POLSCI 421: Constitutionalism and Crisis: From Catalina's Conspiracy to Covid 2021
- POLSCI 493-2: Senior Research Independent Study Political Institutions 2021
- POLSCI 798: Individual Research (A,B,C,D) 2021
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- “The Legislative Median, the Coalition Compromise, and Policymaking in Multiparty Governments.”. April 5, 2013 2013
- “The Legislative Median, the Coalition Compromise, and Policymaking in Multiparty Governments.”. March 1, 2013 2013
- “Multiparty Government, Fiscal Institutions, and Public Spending.”. February 24, 2012 2012
- “Multiparty Government, Fiscal Institutions, and Public Spending.”. February 4, 2012 2012
- “Law as a Discovery Procedure: An Informational Rationale for Broad Judicial Decisions?”. November 1, 2011 2011
- “Does the Median Justice Control the Content of Opinions?”. May 1, 2009 2009
- “Does the Median Justice Control the Content of Opinions?”. January 1, 2009 2009
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Service to the Profession
- Editorial Board, Journal of Law and Courts. December 23, 2013 2013
- Editorial Board, AJPS. December 22, 2013 2013
- Editorial Board, Comparative Political Studies. December 22, 2013 2013
- Editorial Board, Journal of Theoretical Politics. December 22, 2013 2013
- Political Science Editor : Editor, Public Choice. December 22, 2013 2013
- Session Organizer : Public Choice Meetings 2013. December 22, 2013 2013
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