Journal of Comparative Economics

1977 - 2025

Current editor(s): D. Berkowitz and G. Roland

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Volume 53, issue 4, 2025

Did Industrialization increase support for the radical left? Evidence from the 1917 Russian revolution pp. 884-915

Paul Castañeda Dower and Andrei Markevich

Synchronized elections strengthen party salience: Evidence from a decentralized democracy pp. 916-936

Vimal Balasubramaniam, Apurav Yash Bhatiya and Sabyasachi Das

Intergenerational impact of early life exposure to trauma: Maternal exposure to the Korean War and risk aversion pp. 937-953

Young-Il Albert Kim and Dongyoung Kim

Biting the hand that teaches: Unraveling the economic impact of banning private tutoring in China pp. 954-976

Zibin Huang, Yinan Liu, Mingming Ma and Leo Yang Yang

Intellectual property rights protection and firm innovation: Evidence from half million firms in China pp. 977-1000

Bochuan Dai, George Chao Ma and Tao Shen

Global value chains: Do they impact the allocation of foreign aid? pp. 1001-1032

Basak Bayramoglu, Jean-François Jacques and Julie Lochard

Open-source information and repression pp. 1034-1048

Manuel Oechslin

Calamities, common interests, shared identity: What shapes social cohesion in Europe? pp. 1049-1068

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Antonio Cabrales, Mathias Dolls, Ruben Durante and Lisa Windsteiger

Transnational diffusion of identity politics pp. 1069-1091

Soeren C. Schwuchow

(Market) power is (political) power! The pressure of declining competition on democracy pp. 1092-1117

Seda Basihos

Exchanging money for love? A regional analysis of EU cohesion policy and Euroscepticism pp. 1118-1132

Michael Bayerlein and Matthias Diermeier

Higher education funding, welfare and inequality in equilibrium pp. 1133-1172

Gustavo Mellior

Volume 53, issue 3, 2025

Globalization raises intergenerational inequality transmission in chinese villages pp. 627-642

Yewen Yu, Liutang Gong and Junjian Yi

The impact of birthplace diversity on prosociality: Ingroups versus outgroups pp. 643-666

Zhijian Zhang, Yuli Ding and Shu Wu

International bridges and informal employment pp. 667-682

Kazunobu Hayakawa, Souknilanh Keola, Sasatra Sudsawasd and Kenta Yamanouchi

The journey to formality: How credit market access shapes informal workers' choices pp. 683-703

Alina Malkova and Klara Peter

Judicial venality in Old Regime France: A rational choice analysis pp. 704-726

Bertrand Crettez, Bruno Deffains, Olivier Musy and Ronan Tallec

Green retirement: The impact of retirement on carbon emissions through consumption and income dynamics pp. 727-753

Wei Huang, Xiaoyan Lei and Chunfeng Zhang

Professional motivation and the quantity–quality trade-off pp. 754-771

J. Michelle Brock

Periods of uncertainty are linked to greater acceptance of minorities pp. 772-785

Niclas Berggren, Andreas Bergh and Therese Nilsson

Can past informality impede registered firms’ access to credit? pp. 786-815

Dorgyles C.M. Kouakou

Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Evidence from a large-scale vaccination experiment in China pp. 816-833

Yuyu Chen, Eik Swee, Hui Wang and Qingqing Zong

Gender minority: A non-pecuniary approach to political capital pp. 834-855

Qingfeng Cai, Dongxu Li and Hao Liu

COVID-19 and health inequality: Evidence from risky behaviors pp. 856-881

Chen Huang, Cong Li, Feng Liu, Sijie Wei and Ruofei Xu

Volume 53, issue 2, 2025

The effects of rainfall shocks on divorce requests: Evidence from Colonial Senegal pp. 317-344

Karine Marazyan

Intergenerational effects of parental human capital on children: Evidence from Malawi pp. 345-372

Youjin Hahn, Minji Kwak and Hyelim Son

The impact of black economic empowerment on the performance of listed firms in South Africa pp. 373-388

Matthias Busse, Nina Kupzig and Tim Vogel

The impact of rainfall on productivity: Implications for Chinese manufacturing pp. 389-411

Xiaodong Chen, Yatang Lin and Pengyu Zhu

National identity, public goods, and modern economic development pp. 412-432

Stergios Skaperdas and Patrick A. Testa

Diplomatic relations and agricultural trade pp. 433-460

Zhongda Li and Lu Liu

Conflict and social capital: Evidence from the Russian War against Ukraine pp. 461-471

Georg Hoch, Andreas Pondorfer and Viktoriia Shkola

Freedom from unit roots? The time series properties of democracy and economic freedom pp. 472-489

Colin O'Reilly and Ryan H. Murphy

Gender equality in Asia and Europe during the 20th century: The role of socialism pp. 490-510

Sophia Jung and Joerg Baten

The shadow of slavery on industrial innovation: Evidence from the US South pp. 511-533

Yeonha Jung and Chungeun Yoon

Slavery and collectivism in the postbellum American South pp. 534-558

Yeonha Jung

Getting back a level playing field under state-guided market economy: Evidence from quake donations by non-state-controlled companies in China pp. 559-583

Julan Du, Yi Lu, Zhigang Tao and Yan Zhang

Understanding trends in Chinese skill premiums, 2007–2018 pp. 584-608

Eric Hanushek, Yuan Wang and Lei Zhang

The growth consequences of socialism pp. 609-626

Andreas Bergh, Christian Bjørnskov and Luděk Kouba

Volume 53, issue 1, 2025

The cultural origins of family firms pp. 1-24

Jian Xie and Song Yuan

The aggregate and distributional effects of immigration restrictions: The 1920s Quota Acts and the Great Black Migration pp. 25-55

Bin Xie

Economics of majoritarian identity politics pp. 56-78

Rohit Ticku and Raghul S. Venkatesh

Land reform and health endowments at birth pp. 79-95

Yawen Ding, Xiaobing Wang and Huayu Xu

Pandemic lockdowns and trust in local government in China pp. 96-117

Yucong Zhao, Ting Wang and Bing Ye

Foreign-assisted infrastructure and local employment: Evidence from China's aid to Africa pp. 118-138

Jiafu An, Shiqi Guo and Haicheng Jiang

Organizing regulatory structure and local air quality: Evidence from the environmental vertical management reform in China pp. 139-164

Pei Li, Kaihao Liu, Yi Lu and Lu Peng

Tit-for-tat in antidumping: How did China fight its antidumping wars with its trading partners? pp. 165-181

Wonkyung Lee, Hong Ma and Yuan Xu

Land reform and illegal adoption of children pp. 182-208

Yanjun Li, Yu Bai and Masaki Nakabayashi

Globalization of capital flows and the (in)disciplining of nations pp. 209-226

Arthur Blouin, Sayantan Ghosal and Sharun W. Mukand

Economic effects of (non-)compliance with constitutions pp. 227-242

Anna Lewczuk and Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska

The making of the Greek fiscal state, 1833-1939 pp. 243-271

Franciscos Koutentakis

Liberalizing reforms do not cause suicide: Causal estimation using matching, 1980–2019 pp. 272-289

Tibor Rutar and Minea Rutar

The effects of fiscal rules on budget deficit: Does democracy matter? pp. 290-315

Bernard Nomo Beyala and Jean Pierre Fouda Owoundi