Title Constitutional economics : a primer / Stefan Voigt

Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Conceptual Foundations -- 1.1. Constitutional Political Economy As Part of the New Institutional Economics -- 1.2. Definitions -- 1.3. Concepts of the Constitution -- 1.3.1. The Constitution As a Social Contract -- 1.3.2. The Constitutional Contract As Principal -- Agent Relationship -- 1.3.3. The Constitutional Contract As a Precommitment Device -- 1.3.4. The Constitution As a Bundle of Conventions -- 1.3.5. The Constitution As the Result of an Evolutionary Process -- 1.3.6. Summary -- 1.4. The Tools -- 1.4.1. Theory -- 1.4.2. Empirics -- 1.5. More Potentially Useful Tools -- 1.5.1. Experiments -- 1.5.2. Possible Consequences of Constitutional Rules -- 1.6. Consequences of Constitutional Rules -- 1.7. Measuring Constitutions -- 2. Democracy vs. Autocracy -- 2.1. How Best to Separate Democracy from Autocracy? -- 2.2. What Role Do Constitutions Play in Autocracy? -- 2.3. Do Autocracies and Democracies Perform Differently? -- 2.3.1. Theory -- 2.3.2. Empirical Evidence -- 2.4. Do We Have Good Reasons to Assume That Different Kinds of Autocracies Perform Differently? -- 2.4.1. Theory -- 2.4.2. Empirical Evidence -- 2.5. What Are the (Economic) Effects of Extending the Franchise? -- 2.6. What Factors Make a Country Switch from One Regime to Another? -- 2.6.1. Theory -- 2.6.2. Empirical Evidence -- 2.7. Summary and Outlook -- 3. Positive Constitutional Economics -- 3.1. Introductory Remarks -- 3.2. Basic Rights -- 3.2.1. Defining Rights -- 3.2.2. Effects of Basic Rights -- 3.2.3. Determinants of Basic Rights -- 3.3. Horizontal Separation of Powers -- 3.3.1. Introductory Remarks -- 3.3.2. Branches of Government -- 3.3.3. Form of Government: Presidential vs. Parliamentary Regimes -- 3.3.4. The Structure of the Legislature: Bicameralism -- 3.3.5. A Forgotten Branch: The Judiciary -- 3.4. Vertical Separation of Powers: Federalism -- 3.4.1. Definitions -- 3.4.2. Effects of Federalism -- 3.4.3. Determinants of Federalism -- 3.5. The New Separation of Powers: Increasing the Number of Independent Decision-Makers -- 3.6. Representative vs. Direct Democracy -- 3.6.1. Introductory Remarks -- 3.6.2. Effects of Direct Democracy -- 3.6.3. Determinants of Direct Democracy -- 3.7. Electoral Systems -- 3.7.1. Effects of Electoral Systems -- 3.7.2. Determinants of Electoral Systems -- 3.8. Summary -- 4. Conclusions and Possible Future Issues -- 4.1. Introductory Remarks -- 4.2. Conclusions -- 4.3. Rules for Choosing and Amending Constitutions -- 4.3.1. Introductory Remarks -- 4.3.2. Rules for Choosing Constitutions -- 4.3.3. Procedural Rules for Changing Rules -- 4.4. Mind the Gap: Analyzing the Divergence between Constitutional Text and Constitutional Reality -- 4.4.1. Preliminary Remarks -- 4.4.2. How to Define and Measure the Gap? -- 4.4.3. Possible Determinants of the Gap: Theory -- 4.4.4. Challenges for Establishing Causality -- 4.4.5. Attempts to Analyze the Gap: Empirics -- 4.5. Emergency Constitutions -- 4.5.1. Introductory Remarks -- 4.5.2. Measurement Issues -- 4.5.3. Who Uses Emergency Constitutions? -- 4.5.4. Are Emergency Constitutions Effective? -- 4.5.5. Summary and Possible Implications for Future Research Summary "This primer contains an extended survey of the current state of the art of constitutional political economy. It summarizes the major research questions, discusses the methods and tools used by scholars working in this field, and presents the results regarding both the effects of constitutional rules as well as their determinants. It also contains an extended outlook sketching possible future issues that deserve to be taken up"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2020) Subject Economics -- Political aspects Economic policy. Constitutional law -- Economic aspects Constitutional law -- Economic aspects Economic policy Economics -- Political aspects Form Electronic book LC no. 2019056216 ISBN 9781108764445 1108764444

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