Grajzl, Peter; Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2023
's transition to a nation-state. We argue that nation-statehood, predicated on the formation of a strong sense of national identity … longitudinal database on constitutional compliance and exploit variation in the timing of countries' attainment of nation …-statehood. Our empirical findings substantiate our hypothesis. Based on our preferred estimation approach, nation-statehood bolsters …