We study changes in the form of government as an example of endogenously determined constitutions. For a sample of 202 countries over the period 1950-2006, we find that most changes are relatively small and roughly equally likely to be either in the direction of more parliamentarian or more...

We present a simple model that illustrates how democracy may improve the quality of economic institutions. The model further suggests that institutional quality varies more across autocracies than across democracy and that the positive effect of democracy on institutional quality is increasing...

Verlagsinfo: Wie können kollaborative Aktivitäten in der Verwaltung auf Bundes-, Landes- und kommunaler Ebene unter Nutzung von Web 2.0-basierten E-Government-Angeboten in Interaktion mit dem Bürger so effizient und effektiv organisiert werden, dass auf individueller, staatlicher und...