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, whereas military dictatorships perform the worst. Although compliance is not determined by a constitution's breadth … the constitution achieve higher compliance levels. …
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This article introduces a novel database that measures governments' compliance with national constitutions. It combines information on de jure constitutional rules with data on their de facto implementation. The individual compliance indicators can be grouped into four categories that we...
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The aim of this paper is to derive conditions under which either dictatorship or the rule of law are the equilibria of a post-constitutional game. It thus contributes to positive constitutional economics, i.e., the research program that is interested in explaining the emergence of constitutions...
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suggests that economically heterogeneous states are more likely to adopt a federal constitution …
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Over the last decades, more and more countries have integrated environmental protection into their constitution. In … favors future-oriented behavior are more likely to entrench environmental protection in their constitution. We study the … adopt a green constitution. Political institutions are less important and do not exert a statistically significant effect …
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