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Constitutional Political Economy is a forum for research in the broad field of constitutional analysis. Its grounding discipline is economics, but the systematic study of institutions requires consideration of economic, political, legal, and philosophical motivations, rules, and effects. As a consequence, the journal is interdisciplinary and includes research from a variety of perspectives. 

Constitutional analysis is the main focuses of the journal, but it also includes research on public policy, legal institutions, norms, and methodological issues. 

The journal is published quarterly by Springer. Issues normally include 5 or 6 high quality papers on constitutional political economy, public choice, political theory, methodology, and law and economics.

Officially cited as: Const Polit Econ

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  • Roger D. Congleton
  • Stefan Voigt

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0.7 (2024)
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0.8 (2024)
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Special Issue: Classical Liberalism

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Electronic ISSN
1572-9966
Print ISSN
1043-4062
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