Constitutional Political Economy

1990 - 2025

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Volume 20, issue 3, 2009

Separation of powers: new perspectives and empirical findings—introduction pp. 197-201

Eli Salzberger and Stefan Voigt

Are semi-presidential constitutions bad for democratic performance? pp. 202-229

José Cheibub and Svitlana Chernykh

The time-varying independence of Italian peak judicial institutions pp. 230-250

Fabio Padovano

Some thoughts about referendums, representative democracy, and separation of powers pp. 251-266

Simon Hug

Independent agencies: more than a cheap copy of independent central banks? pp. 267-295

Marc Quintyn

Independent electoral management bodies and international election observer missions: any impact on the observed level of democracy? A conceptual framework pp. 296-322

Anne Aaken

International delegation and state disaggregation pp. 323-340

Tom Ginsburg

Why risk popular ratification failure? A comparative analysis of the choice of the ratification instrument in the 25 Member States of the EU pp. 341-365

Daniel Finke and Thomas König

Toward global checks and balances pp. 366-387

Eyal Benvenisti and George Downs

Volume 20, issue 2, 2009

The politics of constitutional amendment in postcommunist Europe pp. 99-117

Andrew Roberts

Constitutional moments in Eastern Europe and subjectivist political economy pp. 118-138

Anthony Evans

Choosing one’s own informal institutions: on Hayek’s critique of Keynes’s immoralism pp. 139-159

Niclas Berggren

Why did the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapse? A public choice perspective pp. 160-176

Dalibor Roháč

Constitutional tariffs, incidental protection, and the Laffer relationship in the early United States pp. 177-192

Phillip Magness

Steven M. Teles: The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law pp. 193-196

Richard Adelstein

Volume 20, issue 1, 2009

Constitutions and economic reforms in transition: an empirical study pp. 1-41

Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska

Buchanan’s constitutional political economy: exchange vs. choice in economics and in politics pp. 42-56

Alain Marciano

From scholarly idea to budgetary institution: the emergence of cost-benefit analysis pp. 57-70

Michael Makowsky and Richard Wagner

Do authoritarian institutions mobilize economic cooperation? pp. 71-93

Abel Escribà-Folch

Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine: Against Intellectual Property pp. 94-97

F. Scherer

Volume 19, issue 4, 2008

The foundations of constitutionalism: an analysis of debaathification pp. 277-300

Jens Meierhenrich

Political entrepreneurs and electoral capital: the case of the Israeli State Economy Arrangement Law pp. 301-312

Assaf Meydani

The origins and evolution of democracy: an exercise in history from a constitutional economics approach pp. 313-355

Sebastian Coll

Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness pp. 356-360

Thomas Leonard

Margaret Schabas: The Natural Origins of Economics pp. 361-367

David Levy

Volume 19, issue 3, 2008

Editorial introduction pp. 169-170

Alan Hamlin

Same players, different game: how better rules make better politics pp. 171-179

James Buchanan

Deliberation, learning, and institutional change: the evolution of institutions in judicial settings pp. 180-202

William Blomquist and Elinor Ostrom

Constitutional interests in the face of innovations: how much do we need to know about risk preferences? pp. 203-225

Ulrich Witt and Christian Schubert

Why incoherent preferences do not justify paternalism pp. 226-248

Robert Sugden

Regulation and revenue pp. 249-260

Geoffrey Brennan and Hartmut Kliemt

Social Market Economy: origins, meanings and interpretations pp. 261-276

Nils Goldschmidt and Michael Wohlgemuth

Volume 19, issue 2, 2008

Direct democracy: obstacle to reform? pp. 81-93

Gebhard Kirchgässner

An institutional analysis of voter turnout: the role of primary type and the expressive and instrumental voting hypotheses pp. 94-110

Peter Calcagno and Christopher Westley

The unanimity rule and religious fractionalisation in the Polish-Lithuanian Republic pp. 111-128

Dalibor Roháč

Institutional change from an evolutionary perspective: the Mexican experience pp. 129-147

Antonio Saravia

Liberty and national security in Adam Smith’s possible world pp. 148-157

Mark Jackson

Robert H. Frank, Falling behind: how rising inequality harms the middle class pp. 158-164

Thomas Leonard

James R. Hackney, Jr., Under cover of science: American legal-economic theory and the quest for objectivity pp. 165-168

Alain Marciano

Volume 19, issue 1, 2008

Editorial Announcement pp. 1-1

Alan Hamlin, Dennis Mueller and Peter Ordeshook

Discussion, construction and evolution: Mill, Buchanan and Hayek on the constitutional order pp. 3-18

Sandra Peart and David Levy

The exchange paradigm of constitutional economics: implications for understanding the third sector pp. 19-33

Vladislav Valentinov

America’s neglected debt to the Dutch, an institutional perspective pp. 35-59

Roger Congleton

Taxonomy: racism versus fiscal conservatism in voting on segregationist provisions in Alabama’s constitution pp. 61-80

Michael Reksulak and William Shughart

Volume 18, issue 4, 2007

Imagination and society. The affective side of institutions pp. 223-241

Roberta Patalano

The interrelations between legal and economic processes: a consideration of the reactions pp. 243-285

Warren Samuels

Rawls’ Paradox pp. 287-299

Jason Brennan

Buchanan on monetary constitutions pp. 301-318

Domenico D’Amico

Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy pp. 319-323

Peter Boettke

Clifford Winston, Government Failure versus Market Failure pp. 325-328

Bryan Caplan

Volume 18, issue 3, 2007

On the Feasibility of a Liberal Welfare State: Agency and Exit Costs in Income Security Clubs pp. 145-159

Roger Congleton

Conceptions of property rights and norms pp. 161-176

Derek Yonai

Constitutional coordination in unstable party systems: the Brazilian constitution of 1988 pp. 177-197

Gary Reich

Corporate social responsibility and the ‘game of catallaxy’: the perspective of constitutional economics pp. 199-222

Viktor Vanberg

Volume 18, issue 2, 2007

On the evaluation of power in parliaments and government formation pp. 69-82

Nicolas Andjiga, Daoud Badirou and Boniface Mbih

Voting on voting with the feet: a cross-county analysis of the Tennessee popular referenda to secede from the union pp. 83-97

Jac Heckelman and John Dinan

The European Union: confederation, federation or association of compound states? pp. 99-106

Charles Blankart

Institutional changes and shifting ideas: a constitutional analysis of the Euro pp. 107-126

Maurizio Mistri

Saving government failure theory from itself: recasting political economy from an Austrian perspective pp. 127-143

Peter Boettke, Christopher Coyne and Peter Leeson

Volume 18, issue 1, 2007

Constitutional choice and European immigration policy pp. 1-20

Gabriele Orcalli

The electoral college: diversification and the election process pp. 21-34

Chris Cain, Peter Basciano and Ellen Cain

Toward a naturalistic foundation of the social contract pp. 35-62

Christian Cordes and Christian Schubert

Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini, The Economic Effects of Constitutions pp. 63-68

Dennis Mueller