Economic Effects of Post-Socialist Constitutions 25 Years from the Outset of Transition

The book focuses on the nexus between constitutions adopted by post-socialist countries of Europe and Asia after 1989 and economic transition in the region. It takes the perspective of Constitutional Political Economy and uses the novel synthetic control method in empirical analyses to emphasize the role of factual constitutional court independence.

Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warsaw. Her research focuses on Constitutional Law and Economics, as well as Public Choice. She was a visiting scholar at LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at the University of Leuven. She is the former President of the Polish Association of Law and Economics and Vice-President of the European Association of Law and Economics.

Contents: Constitutions and economic policy - The theoretical nexus – Post-socialist constitutions in a nutshell – Regression analyses of economic effects of post-socialist constitutions – The synthetic control approach to estimating economic effects of post-socialist constitutions – An evolutionary perspective on the role of post-socialist constitutions.