Can new constitutions tighten the reins? The effect of constitutional change on constitutional compliance
研究了171个国家1951-2020年间宪法变革对政府遵守宪法的影响，发现新宪法在民主国家能持久改善合规，但在非民主国家效果短暂。
Abstract Constitutional compliance varies significantly across countries and over time. One might, therefore, expect that constitutional change is systematically used to bring constitutional rules in line with constitutional practice. We investigate whether constitutional change indeed induces better compliance by the government with the constitution. Using an event study design to analyze constitutional changes in 171 countries between 1951 and 2020, we find that new constitutions lead to durable improvements in constitutional compliance in democracies. The effect of constitutional change in nondemocracies, however, is small and short-lived.