caa a22 4500 60545499X CHVBK 20210128100210.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10602-015-9189-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10602-015-9189-z Bjørnskov Christian Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 4, 8210, Aarhus V, Denmark aut Constitutional property rights protection and economic growth: evidence from the post-communist transition [Elektronische Daten] [Christian Bjørnskov] This paper seeks to estimate the economic growth effect of constitutional provisions for property rights protection. It does so using the unique situation in formerly communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus where all but two introduced new constitutions after the fall of the Iron Curtain. The effects of implementing different constitutional provisions can therefore be observed in a group of countries with similar formal starting points. Estimates provide no evidence of positive effects and mainly point towards a negative conclusion: the introduction of constitutional protection of property rights is not associated with economic development in the long run, but tends to impose costs during a period of institutional transition and implementation proportional to the constitutional change. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Property rights nationallicence Economic growth nationallicence Constitutional political economy nationallicence Transition nationallicence Constitutional Political Economy Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-09-01), 247-280 1043-4062 26:3<247 2015 26 10602 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-015-9189-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-015-9189-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bjørnskov Christian Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 4, 8210, Aarhus V, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Constitutional Political Economy Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-09-01), 247-280 1043-4062 26:3<247 2015 26 10602