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Public Choice publishes scholarly research that applies economics to nonmarket social phenomena, such as politics, law, religion, conflict, and the family.

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Online first in Public Choice: “When does artificial intelligence strengthen the case for markets? Revisiting the socialist calculation debate” by Niclas Berggren doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

When does artificial intelligence strengthen the case for markets? Revisiting the socialist...

Public Choice - How does artificial intelligence (AI) change the case for markets relative to central planning? Both market participants and planners use AI to forecast demand and costs and develop...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Picture book of apportionment and voting difficulties” by Donald G. Saari doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Picture book of apportionment and voting difficulties

Public Choice - The geometry associated with apportionment and voting methods enables us to “see" what difficulties will arise, why certain complexities are inevitable, how to create...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Judicial performance and public procurement choice” by Alessandro Cavalieri, Alessandro Melcarne & Giovanni Battista Ramello doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Judicial performance and public procurement choice

Public Choice - This paper investigates whether judicial performance influences the choice of procurement procedures adopted by public authorities. Using data on Italian municipal public works...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Does policy advocacy generate good PR? Evidence from labor unions and minimum wages” by Jeffrey Clemens & Michael R. Strain doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Does policy advocacy generate good PR? Evidence from labor unions and minimum wages

Public Choice - We demonstrate that events associated with minimum wage increases lead news coverage of organized labor to shift towards articles about minimum wages, and in particular to articles...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Nonviolent protest and ideological change in education: a public choice approach” by Joshua D. Ammons, Ali Palida & Ilia Murtazashvili doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Nonviolent protest and ideological change in education: a public choice approach

Public Choice - This paper applies a public choice framework to examine how successful nonviolent protest campaigns are associated with changes in the ideological orientation of state education...

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Online first in Public Choice: “The cultural roots of state-owned enterprises: evidence from Europe” by Ákos Dombi, Piotr Matuszak & Katarzyna Szarzec doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

The cultural roots of state-owned enterprises: evidence from Europe

Public Choice - This paper examines the cultural roots of state ownership of enterprises. Drawing on data for European countries, we show that the scale of state ownership of enterprises is smaller...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Temporary internal displacement and receiving communities’ voting behavior” by Salvatore Carrozzo doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Temporary internal displacement and receiving communities’ voting behavior

Public Choice - This paper investigates the effect of temporary forced internal migration on voting behavior in receiving municipalities. During World War I, around 500,000 displaced nationals were...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Compatibility paradox: impossibilities in Shapley-based committee selection” by Yusuke Kamishiro doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…
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Online first in Public Choice: “Why chief executives (dis)obey the law” by Daniel A. Farber & Jonathan S. Gould doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Why chief executives (dis)obey the law

Public Choice - When and why will chief executives obey the law, and when and why will they violate it? This article constructs a general framework for analyzing legal (non)compliance by a rational...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Electoral timing and local user charges: evidence from sewerage tariffs in Japan” by Yoshimi Adachi & Hikaru Ogawa doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Electoral timing and local user charges: evidence from sewerage tariffs in Japan

Public Choice - This paper examines how mayoral elections in Japan affect sewerage tariffs by distinguishing between the timing of formal tariff revisions and the magnitude of realized tariff...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Primaries, caucuses, and momentum: theory and evidence from 48 years of presidential nomination campaigns” by John Aldrich, Jim Granato, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Phuong Pham & M. C. Sunny Wong doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Primaries, caucuses, and momentum: theory and evidence from 48 years of presidential nomination...

Public Choice - An original formal model of “momentum” in presidential nomination contests (Aldrich 1980a, b) proved that the then-new nomination system of primaries and caucuses,...

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Online first in Public Choice: “The effects of changing electoral systems from first-past-the-post to single transferable vote: causal evidence from New Zealand” by Shaun Bowler, Diogo Ferrari, Matthew Gibbons & Jack Vowles doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

The effects of changing electoral systems from first-past-the-post to single transferable vote:...

Public Choice - The literature on electoral systems suggests that a shift from first-past-the-post (FPP) to the Single Transferable Vote (STV) should lead to several changes in electoral outcomes,...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Beyond the myth of suffocating centralization: from legal intent to evidence in early Italy” by Giorgio Brosio & Roberto Zanola doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Beyond the myth of suffocating centralization: from legal intent to evidence in early Italy

Public Choice - This paper re-examines the widespread claim that the Italian Municipal Law of 1865 effectively suppressed local autonomy. Rather than relying on the statute’s formal design or...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Edward Clarke’s struggles” by Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay & Poulami Sarkar doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Edward Clarke’s struggles

Public Choice - The Vickrey–Clarke–Groves (VCG) mechanism is a cornerstone of public choice theory. Edward Clarke’s 1971 paper is the most cited article ever published in Public...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Populism and impatience” by Thomas Aronsson, Clemens Hetschko & Ronnie Schöb doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Populism and impatience

Public Choice - We develop a model where highly impatient voters are more likely than others to be subject to institutional frictions in the form of binding borrowing constraints. As impatient,...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Elite-led revolutions” by Raouf Boucekkine, Rodolphe Desbordes & Paolo Melindi-Ghidi doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Elite-led revolutions

Public Choice - Revolutions are often perceived as the key event triggering the fall of an autocratic regime and leading to democracy. However, the historical record does not agree with this...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Cross-tier incumbency spillovers: evidence from India” by Ajay Saharan & Shraddha Yadav doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Cross-tier incumbency spillovers: evidence from India

Public Choice - We study cross-tier legislative incumbency spillovers in non-concurrent elections, a relatively understudied dimension of multi-level electoral politics in federal systems. Using a...

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Online first in Public Choice: “A model of criminal justice discretion” by Tom S. Clark doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

A model of criminal justice discretion

Public Choice - Criminal prosecutors wield tremendous power in the American legal system. However, their ability to direct prosecution against criminal suspects relies on coordination with the...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Review of Douglas W. Allen and Bryan Leonard. 2025. “Why the rush: an institutional economic analysis of homesteading and the settlement of the west”” by F. Andrew Hanssen doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…

Review of Douglas W. Allen and Bryan Leonard. 2025. “Why the rush: an institutional economic...

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Online first in Public Choice: “Populism and academic freedom” by Rui Silva doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…
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