In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...

This article responds to a number of points made by Mark Bevir in his article ‘The Westminster Model, Governance and Judicial Reform' [Parliamentary Affairs 61 (2008), 559-77], in which Bevir highlights the ‘increasing role of the courts in the processes of collective decision-making' which...

In this paper, we develop a specific method to approach the competitive capabilities of regions for which there are not commercial and specialization indicators available. This method bases on the construction of composite indicators, using multivariate statistical methods, and was applied to...