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Assessing the impact of federalism on constitutional compliance
Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw; Voigt, Stefan - 2024
Federalism is a constitutionalized version of multi-tier governance. Proponents of veto-player theory argue that a high … same time, with a higher number of governments under federalism, there are more chances that some of them will not comply … countries and apply standard panel data estimation techniques. Contrary to expectations, our results indicate that federalism is …
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Leader Characteristics and Constitutional Compliance
Gutmann, Jerg; Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna; Voigt, Stefan - 2023
While research in constitutional economics has made important progress in recent decades, the factors determining whether a constitution is complied with have only received scant attention. We contribute to that narrow literature by studying how personal traits of political leaders are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014001201
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Leader characteristics and constitutional compliance
Gutmann, Jerg; Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna; Voigt, Stefan - 2023
While research in constitutional economics has made important progress in recent decades, the factors determining whether a constitution is complied with have only received scant attention. We contribute to that narrow literature by studying how personal traits of political leaders are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014266012
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The Comparative Constitutional Compliance Database
Gutmann, Jerg; Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna; Voigt, Stefan - 2022
This article introduces a novel database that measures governments' compliance with national constitutions. It combines information on de jure constitutional rules with data on their de facto implementation. The individual compliance indicators can be grouped into four categories that we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816080
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The Comparative Constitutional Compliance Database
Gutmann, Jerg; Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna; Voigt, Stefan - 2023
This article introduces a novel database that measures governments' compliance with national constitutions. It combines information on de jure constitutional rules with data on their de facto implementation. The individual compliance indicators can be grouped into four categories that we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290159
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The comparative constitutional compliance database
Gutmann, Jerg; Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna; Voigt, Stefan - 2022
This article introduces a novel database that measures governments’ compliance with national constitutions. It combines information on de jure constitutional rules with data on their de facto implementation. The individual compliance indicators can be grouped into four categories that we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816165
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The comparative constitutional compliance database
Gutmann, Jerg; Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna; Voigt, Stefan - 2023
This article introduces a novel database that measures governments' compliance with national constitutions. It combines information on de jure constitutional rules with data on their de facto implementation. The individual compliance indicators can be grouped into four categories that we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013503406
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The nation-state foundations of constitutional compliance
Grajzl, Peter; Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2023
We bring attention to a previously overlooked determinant of de jure-de facto constitutional gaps: a polity's transition to a nation-state. We argue that nation-statehood, predicated on the formation of a strong sense of national identity, lowers the government's incentive to violate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427255
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The Nation-State Foundations of Constitutional Compliance
Grajzl, Peter; Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2023
We bring attention to a previously overlooked determinant of de jure-de facto constitutional gaps: a polity's transition to a nation-state. We argue that nation-statehood, predicated on the formation of a strong sense of national identity, lowers the government's incentive to violate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014426211
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Militant constitutionalism: a promising concept to make constitutional backsliding less likely?
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - In: Public Choice (2021), pp. 1-28
Constitutional democracy is in decline and many would-be autocrats try to transgress constitutional constraints. Here, we introduce the concept of militant constitutionalism, which suggests a number of constitutional rules that could make constitutions more resilient to attempts to undermine...
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