''Constitutional Political Economy'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed academic journal
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on
constitutional economics
Constitutional economics is a research program in economics and constitutionalism that has been described as explaining the choice "of alternative sets of legal-institutional-constitutional rules that constrain the choices and activities of econo ...
published by
Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
Originally founded in 1842 ...
. It was established in 1990 and appeared triannually, it has been a quarterly since 1996. The
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are
Roger D. Congleton (
West Virginia University
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) and
Stefan Voigt (
University of Hamburg
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).
History
The journal was established in 1990 by
Richard E. Wagner and . It was published by the
Center for Study of Public Choice until 1995, when
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
Originally founded in 1842 in ...
took over. Wagner and Vanberg coedited the journal until 1997, when
Dennis Mueller joined the editorial team. In 1998, Wagner retired from editorship and was succeeded by
Peter Ordeshook. In 2002, Viktor Vanberg retired as editor and was succeeded by
Alan Hamlin. Hamlin, Mueller, and Ordeshook coedited the journal until 2013, when Congleton and Voigt took over. Since 2005 the journal has been published by Springer Science+Business Media after its takeover of Kluwer.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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