This article introduces a novel database that measures governments' compliance with national constitutions. It combines …)compliance with constitutions. Our investigation of the stylized facts of constitutional compliance reveals a long-term increase in … worst. Constitutional design also matters: Constitutions that allow for the dismissal of the head of state or government for …

We use Comparative Constitutions Project (CCP) data to explore whether Constitutions that follow revolutions are … designed differently. We employ matching methods using 31 treatments (revolutionary Constitutions) and 162 control units (new … Constitutional adoptions without a revolution). We find some evidence that revolutionary Constitutions are less rigid (i.e., their …

This article introduces a novel database that measures governments’ compliance with national constitutions. It combines …)compliance with constitutions. Our investigation of the stylized facts of constitutional compliance reveals a long-term increase in … worst. Constitutional design also matters: Constitutions that allow for the dismissal of the head of state or government for …