The Constitutional Dilemma of Economic Liberty
研究宪法如何自我执行，即如何激励政治官员遵守宪法约束，通过简单社会模型和英、美两个历史案例探讨宪法形成的危机背景。
This paper studies the problem of self-enforcing constitutions, addressing the question, how do some constitutions provide incentives for political officials to abide by the constraints announced in the constitution? To understand the mechanisms underlying successful constitutions, the paper begins by exploring a simple society facing the dilemma of policing the government: a sovereign, who controls the government, and two citizens. It then moves to a discussion of how constitutions are often formed out of crises, with some more detailed discussion of two main examples: England's Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the U.S. Constitution.