The Economics of Constitutional Compliance

Events

  • 20 January 2023 Closing workshop on the economics of constitutional compliance online Poster of the Workshop on the Economics of Constitutional Compliance, January 20th, 2023, listing the invited speakers
    Program (all times CET)

    Friday, 20 January 2023

    14.00–14.30
    Stefan Voigt (UHH): Welcome remarks and overview of the research project
    14.30–14.50
    Adam Chilton (Chicago; with Mila Versteeg, Virginia): The impact of militant democracy provisions
    14.50–15.10
    Georg Vanberg (Duke): Remarks and ideas for future research on “militant constitutionalism”
    15.10–15.30
    General discussion
    15.30–16.00
    Tom Ginsburg (Chicago; with Zach Elkins, Texas): What makes term limits work?
    16.00–16.15
    General discussion
    16.15–16.35
    Jerg Gutmann (UHH): The CCC database – and possible applications
    16.35–16.50
    Peter Grajzl (Washington & Lee): Remarks and ideas for future research on the CCC database
    16.50–17.00
    General discussion
    17.00–17.30
    Jaroslaw Kantorowicz (Leiden; with Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska, Warsaw): Do people value compliance with (constitutional) fiscal rules? Evidence from a conjoint experiment
    17.30–17.45
    Peter Boettke (GMU): Comments and ideas for future research
    17.45–18.00
    Discussion
    18.00–18.30
    Rok Spruk (Ljubljana; with Nuno Garoupa, GMU): Long-term effects of constitutional breakdowns: Evidence from Iran
    18.45–19.00
    Roger Congleton (West Virginia): Comments and ideas for future research
    19.00–19.15
    Discussion
    19.15–19.45
    Mila Versteeg (Virginia; with Adam Chilton, Chicago; Cristian Eyzaguirre, Chicago; David Landau, Florida State): On the constitution-making process in Chile
    19.45–20.00
    Gabriel Negretto (CIDE Mexico): Comments and ideas for future research
    20.00–20.15
    Discussion
  • 8–11 September 2022 Project workshop on the economics of compliance with constitutions Hotel Mercure Gdańsk Posejdon

    Participants: Stefan Voigt (Hamburg), Jerg Gutmann (Hamburg/Freiburg), Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska (Warsaw), Jan Fałkowski (Warsaw), Jacek Lewkowicz (Warsaw), Anna Lewczuk (Warsaw), Christian Bjørnskov (Aarhus), Niclas Berggren (Stockholm/Prague), Bernd Hayo (Marburg), Jaroslaw Kantorowicz (Leiden).

    Agenda

    Friday, 9 September 2022

    9.00–9.30
    Stefan Voigt: Introduction to the “Economics of Compliance with Constitutions” project
    9.30–11.00
    Papers session 1
    Jan Fałkowski: Watch out for words: The wording of constitutions and constitutional compliance of the executive (with Zimin Luo, Jacek Lewkowicz)
    Anna Lewczuk: Political party’s ideology and constitutional compliance (with Jacek Lewkowicz, Rafał Woźniak)
    11.30–13.00
    Papers session 2
    Jerg Gutmann: Are populists constitutionalists? An empirical assessment of populist constitutional compliance (with Martin Rode)
    Jacek Lewkowicz: The longer the worse? The case of populism and constitutional compliance (with Anna Lewczuk, Rafał Woźniak)
    14.30–16.00
    Papers session 3
    Stefan Voigt: Unlawful states of emergency – are COVID related ones any different? (with Christian Bjørnskov)
    Christian Bjørnskov: Coups and constitutional change (with Stefan Voigt)
    16.30–18.00
    Papers session 4
    Jaroslaw Kantorowicz: Do people value compliance with (constitutional) fiscal rules? Evidence from a conjoint experiment (with Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska)
    Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska: Constitutional (non)compliance and economic growth

    Saturday, 10 September 2022

    9.00–10.30
    Papers session 5
    Bernd Hayo: Judicial independence: Why does de facto diverge from de jure? (with Stefan Voigt)
    Niclas Berggren: The rule of law predicts trust in journalists and scientists (with Christian Bjørnskov, Alexandra Sandström)
    11.00–13.00
    Discussion of the project follow-up (project members and partners)
    14.30–16.00
    Discussion of the next steps in the project (project members)