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Constitution or Conflict?
Grossman, Herschel I. - 2002
A self-enforcing constitution creates a political process that provides an alternative to civil conflict for resolving … possible to design such a self-enforcing constitution. The paper is also concerned with discovering generic features of a self …-enforcing constitution. The analysis yields the following theoretical propositions: If and only if (1) none of the parties to a dispute …
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Constitutions, Politics and Economics : A Review Essay on Persson and Tabellini's "The Economic Effect of Constitutions"
Acemoglu, Daron - 2005
In this essay I review the new book by Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini, The Economic Effects of Constitutions, which investigates the policy and economic consequences of different forms of government and electoral rules. I also take advantage of this opportunity to discuss the advantages and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467450
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The U.S. Constitution and Monetary Powers : An Analysis of the 1787 Constitutional Convention and Constitutional Transformation of the Nation's Monetary System Emerged
Grubb, Farley - 2005
The monetary powers embedded in the U.S. Constitution were revolutionary and led to a watershed transformation in the …
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Constitutions, Corporations, and Corruption : American States and Constitutional Change
Wallis, John Joseph - 2004
During the 1840s, twelve American states adopted new constitutions. Eleven of the twelve states adopted new procedures for issuing government debt and for chartering corporations through general incorporation acts. These institutional innovations were American inventions, and today hard budget...
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Consequences of Constitutions
Persson, Torsten - 2003
electoral rules and forms of government for fiscal policy and rent extraction, even when non-random constitution selection is …
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Constitutions and Order : A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Mejia, Javier; Robinson, James A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We propose a framework to explain why some societies may end up with different constitutional solutions to the problem of maintaining order in the face of self-interested behavior. Though the salient intellectual tradition since Hobbes has focused on how institutional design is used to eradicate...
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Federal Institutions and the Democratic Transition : Learning from South Africa
Inman, Robert P. - 2008
means to protect the economic interests of the once ruling elite. Under "democratic federalism" the constitution creates an …
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Pork for Policy : Executive and Legislative Exchange in Brazil
Alston, Lee J. - 2005
The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 gave relatively strong powers to the President. We model and test Executive … reforms. In particular Presidents Cardoso and Lula have used pork to exchange for amendments to the Constitution. Without …
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Constitutional Rights and Education : An International Comparative Study
Edwards, Sebastian - 2014
specifically, we analyze whether including the right to education in the constitution has been related to better "educational … estimation technique: we find that there is no evidence that including the right to education in the constitution has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458193
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Endogenous Political Institutions
Aghion, Philippe - 2002
Political institutions influence economic policy, but they are themselves endogenous since they are chosen, in some way, by members of the polity. An important aspect of institutional design is how much society chooses to delegate unchecked power to its leaders. If, once elected, a leader cannot...
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