This paper explores the constitutional political economy and history of economic liberalization in China, with the aim of understanding how and why the policies that produced that growth came to be adopted. The paper argues that constitutional reforms played important roles in China's economic...

This paper explores some implications of the existence of politically active groups within dictatorships. The analysis reaches the more or less plausible conclusion that dictators will treat supporters differently than opponents and that a dictator often lacks a significant encompassing...

This paper analyzes the constitutional history of China, with the aim of explaining how and why the policies that produced its rapid growth came to be adopted. The paper argues that constitutional reforms played important roles in China's economic development and are likely to do so in the...

This paper analyzes the constitutional history of China, with the aim of explaining how and why the policies that produced its rapid growth came to be adopted. The paper argues that constitutional reforms played important roles in China's economic development and are likely to do so in the...

This paper argues that liberalism helped the West escape from their long-standing rent-extracting regimes and created institutional sources of comparative advantage in trade and economic development. It does so by providing connections between three different literatures: the constitutional...