Happy to share that our paper (with Christian Bjørnskov) is online.
We analyze states of emergency declared during Covid - and find that many of them were unlawful and democracies were more likely to disregard their constitutions than autocracies.

Take a look!
link.springer.com/10.1007/s106...

Vielen Dank für das nette Gespräch!

Discussion paper out!

- Together with Mahdi Khesali and Nadia von Jacobi, we introduce the Historical Values Survey.
- Information on values and norms is elicited from more than 27,000 folk narratives.
- The Survey covers up to 172 countries.

Have a look!

dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

thnx Svend-Erik, read it weeks ago and already cited it ...

Hamburg Lectures in Law & Economics resume!

On May 7 at 18.15, Nada Maamoun from Uni Kiel will present her research on

"Measuring Compliance with the Paris Agreement"

The lecture will take place at the Institute (room 223). To join via Zoom, pls register under [email protected]

3️⃣ @jerggutmann.bsky.social Jarosław Kantorowicz & @stefanvoigt.bsky.social explore how citizens in Poland and Germany define and value the rule of law

Happy to share that our paper on constitutional loyalty, jointly written with #JergGutmann and #RoeeSarel is available open access here:

rdcu.be/ecKe7

COVID hit all countries at about the same time and in similar ways which enables us to elicit constitutional loyalty across countries.

Author copies finally arrived!

State of Emergency - An Economic Analysis

is finally out (w/ Cambridge U Press). It is probably the most comprehensive analysis of states of emergency from an economic point of view. Don't forget to share the news, your friends and colleagues may be interested!

Summer School Alert!
Another edition of our summer school in July and August. Courses on

- Data Analysis and Empirical Methods
- Effects of Pol Institutions
- Methods in Computational Science
- Econ of Environmental Law

More information here:
www.conferences.uni-hamburg.de/event/596/ov...

New paper w/ data about plea bargaining in 174 countries w/ Elena Reznichenko and Gabriele Paolini. Data on both determinants and consequences of plea bargaining
Available OA here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Stipends available!
The European Doctorate in Law & Economics - a joint doctoral program of the universities of Bologna, Hamburg, Prague, Rennes, and Rotterdam - is inviting candidates to apply. Deadline is in early February. Pls share widely!

More info: www.edle-phd.eu

Daniele Nosenzo (Aarhus University) will talk about "Law and Norms: Experimental Evidence" in his Hamburg Lecture on Dec 11 at 18.15 (CET). Daniele will inquire into the expressive functions of law based on experiments.

If you want to join on-line, pls contact [email protected]

"Measuring Social Norms" is the title of Alexander Vostroknutov's (Maastricht University) Hamburg Lecture in Law & Economics which will take place on Dec. 4 at 18.15 at the Institute (Alsterterrasse 1, 20354 Hamburg). If you want to join on-line, pls contact [email protected]

Very much looking forwarding to welcoming Alejandro Corvalán (University of Chile) to Hamburg. He will talk about "Endogenous Legislatures" in his Hamburg Lecture on Nov 27 at 18.15 (CET).
If you want to join on-line, pls contact [email protected]

Interested in the rule of law? Strong background in empirical methods?
Then come work with us at the University of Hamburg! We are part of an amazing group of European universities involved in this Horizon-project. Pls share this call widely!
More details here:
www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

The Hamburg Lectures in Law & Economics are back!
On Oct. 30, Federica Carugati (KCLondon) will talk about
"Governance Archaeology: Collective Governance in Global History"
We'll meet at Alsterterrasse 1 (room 223) at 18.15. If you want to participate online, register with [email protected]!

New paper out in the Journal of Institutional Economics in which I survey the determinants of social norms. Social norms are an important type of informal institutions as they can foster but also prevent development.
The paper is available (open access) here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

sorry, aber was ist am Abtreibungsverbot "ultraliberal"???

In a new paper with my fantastic co-authors Mazen Hassan, Engi Amin, and Sarah Mansour, we report findings on 3 public good experiments run in Egypt.
We report how priming and appeal messages can increase contributions. Preprint already available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

thanks for welcoming me, Tim!