Constitutional government is an ideal and like all ideals can only be achieved as an approximation. Even those countries that appear to be near the ideal are revealed on examination to be not so near. Constitutional government, to the extent it is achieved reflects a state of affairs. It remains...

Ett fungerande näringsliv förutsätter ett fungerande konkursinstitut. På en fungerande marknad kan vi vänta oss att ineffektiva företag slås ut genom t.ex. innovativ nyetableringskonkurrens och att de effektiva företagen överlever. En vanlig uppfattning är att konkursinstitutet är ett...

Are there any limits to the tax-imposing powers of governments? One answer is to look for constitutional rules that are implied by democracy itself. For instance, the case for budgetary regulation could be extended to ban taxes that threaten economic growth and hence long-term public spending. A...

The main purpose with this paper is to compare the frequency of liquidation bankruptcies in Sweden with the frequency of bankruptcies in countries (Germany, U.S., Finland, Norway, U.K. and Denmark) that have a similar economic structure and there by are we able to investigate the legal influence...

Since the mid 90´s there has been an increased focus in media on public scandals in Swedish municipalities. This essay sets out to eludicate if there are reasons to believe that public corruption in Swedish municipalities is in fact increasing. By applying instruments from the institutional...

Abstract: This paper seeks to estimate the economic growth effect of constitutional provisions for property rights protection. It does so using the unique situation in formerly communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus where all but two introduced new constitutions after...

Uppsatsen konstaterar att rättsstaten bygger på och skyddar våra gemensamma värden: frihet, rättvisa och trygghet. Värdena är förankrade i kulturarvet. Kulturarvet omfattar diverse komponenter, vissa klart fastställbara, andra svåra att påvisa. Den juridiska doktrinen är en klart...

Uppsatsen jämför det konstitutionella skyddet för äganderätten i Europa och Sverige genom en schematisk analys av olika grundlagar. Den privata äganderätten som kärnan i marknadsekonomin kräver konstitutionellt skydd och reglering eftersom skyddet för enskilda individers äganderätt...

The global financial crisis has accelerated the redirection of trade towards new markets, outside the OECD area, where both demand patterns and the institutional environment differ from those in the OECD. This study provides an empirical examination of the consequences of this shift. Results...

The gap between theoretically predicted trade patterns and actual trade suggests that our understanding of what shapes trade patterns is incomplete. Institutional barriers may be one factor behind this gap and recent research suggests that institutions are a greater obstacle to trade than are...