Dieser Beitrag skizziert eine "conceptual history" der modernen Gesellschaft. Er unterscheidet eine malthusianische Stagnationsphase und eine postmalthusianische Wachstumsphase der Weltwirtschaftsgeschichte und entwickelt anhand eines Modells zur Interdependenz wirtschaftlicher und politischer...

This article re-examines the relationship between constitutional monarchy and economic growth in Europe. We suggest that economic growth explains the survival of constitutional monarchy rather than vice versa. The empirical results are consistent with our hypothesis

Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced the first indicator for objectively meas-uring the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section of countries. The indicator has been widely used, but also criticized. This paper pre-sents more...