The editors of Public Choice are pleased to announce their selections for the best papers published during calendar year 2020.

The Duncan Black Prize for the best article contributed by a “senior” scholar or scholars is awarded to Jarosław Flis, Wojciech Słomczyński and Dariusz Stolick (all of Jagiellonian University) for:

Pot and ladle: a formula for estimating the distribution of seats under the Jefferson–D’Hondt method, Public Choice 182 (1–2) (January 2020), 201–227.

The Gordon Tullock Prize for the best article contributed by a younger scholar or scholars is awarded to Christophe Lévêque (University of Bordeaux) for:

Political connections, political favoritism and political competition: evidence from the granting of building permits by French mayors, Public Choice 184(1–2) (July 2020), 135–155

The prizes carry honoraria of $1000 each. The honorarium for the Duncan Black Prize is funded by the Public Choice Society; SpringerNature, the publisher of Public Choice, funds the honorarium for the Gordon Tullock Prize.