Endogenous Constitutions: Politics and Politicians Matter, Economic Outcome Don’t

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 presiden...

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Published in:	MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 27-2010)
Main Authors:	Hayo, Bernd, Voigt, Stefan
Format:	Work
Language:	English
Published:	Philipps-Universität Marburg 2010
Subjects:	relevance of leaders. Wirtschaft endogenous constitutions form of government Constitutional change separation of powers Economics
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