The paper combines insights from the recent research programs on constitutions and economic policy, and on history, institutions and growth. Drawing on cross-sectional as well as panel data, it presents new empirical results showing that the form of democracy (rather than democracy vs....

The paper presents empirical findings regarding the economic policy consequences of constitutional arrangements, in three different dimensions. First, the data are consistent with several theoretical predictions about the consequences of electoral rules and forms of government for fiscal policy...

Die Globalisierung war eine wunderbare Idee. Nachdem die politische Spaltung in Ost und West überwunden war, schien der friedlichen Kooperation aller Menschen nichts mehr im Wege zu stehen. Würde man nur alle Hürden aus dem Weg räumen, so die liberale Vorstellung, bildete sich eine spontane...

The paper combines insights from the recent research programs on constitutions and economic policy, and on history, institutions and growth. Drawing on cross-sectional as well as panel data, it presents new empirical results showing that the form of democracy (rather than democracy vs....