Goderis, Benedikt; Versteeg, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013
empirically tests a different hypothesis, which is that constitutions are also shaped by transnational influence, or “diffusion …”. Constitutional rights can diffuse through four mechanisms: coercion, competition, learning and acculturation. To test diffusion, we …, the same religion, the same former colonizer, and the same aid donor. We also find that diffusion explains only 3 percent …