Constitutions and economic policy - the theoretical nexus -- Post-socialist constitutions in a nutshell -- Regression analyses of economic effects of post-socialist constitutions -- The synthetic control approach to estimating economic effects of post-socialist constitutions -- An evolutionary...

There is considerable variation in mortality rates of the working age populations across the "old" and the "new" EU member states, and former Soviet Union countries. The explanation for these differences is investigated by scrutinizing three different groups of factors: 1. Socioeconomic factors;...