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Journal of Comparative Economics

1977 - 2023

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Volume 51, issue 3, 2023

Historical roots of political extremism: The effects of Nazi occupation of Italy pp. 723-743 Downloads
Nicola Fontana, Tommaso Nannicini and Guido Tabellini
A rising tide that lifts all boats: An analysis of economic freedom and inequality using matching methods pp. 744-777 Downloads
Justin T. Callais and Andrew T. Young
Catholics, Protestants and Muslims: Similar work ethics, different social and political ethics pp. 778-815 Downloads
Miguel Abellán
Topography, borders, and trade across Europe pp. 816-832 Downloads
Richard Frensch, Jarko Fidrmuc and Michael Rindler
Rethinking fiscal rules pp. 833-857 Downloads
Luis Carranza-Ugarte, Julián Díaz-Saavedra and Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez
Is property driving income distribution? – An analysis of the linkage between income and wealth in Finland, France and Spain pp. 858-879 Downloads
Ilja Kristian Kavonius and Veli-Matti Törmälehto
Maternity support and child health: Unintended gendered effects pp. 880-898 Downloads
Aishwarya Kekre and Kanika Mahajan
Staying on top: Political cycles in private bank lending pp. 899-917 Downloads
Zuzana Fungáčová, Koen Schoors, Laura Solanko and Laurent Weill
Political economy of real exchange rate levels pp. 918-940 Downloads
Esra Nur Ugurlu and Arslan Razmi
Effects of public sector wages on corruption: Wage inequality matters pp. 941-959 Downloads
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Michael Lokshin and Vladimir Kolchin
Demilitarization and economic growth: Empirical evidence in support of a peace dividend pp. 960-988 Downloads
Anthony A. Mayberry
Past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes in Europe pp. 989-1010 Downloads
Despina Gavresi and Anastasia Litina
Did raising doing business scores boost GDP? pp. 1011-1030 Downloads
Tamanna Adhikari and Karl Whelan
Firms’ access to finance in resource-based countries and the financial resource curse pp. 1031-1047 Downloads
Olivier Damette, Sandrine Kablan and Clément Mathonnat
Societal diversity, group identities and their implications for tax morale pp. 1048-1067 Downloads
Fabian ten Kate, Mariko J. Klasing and Petros Milionis
The impact of educated leaders on economic development: Evidence from India pp. 1068-1093 Downloads
Chandan Jain, Shagun Kashyap, Rahul Lahoti and Soham Sahoo

Volume 51, issue 2, 2023

State formation and market integration: Germany, 1780–1830 pp. 403-421 Downloads
Hakon Albers and Ulrich Pfister
The effects of South Korean Protestantism on human capital and female empowerment, 1930–2010 pp. 422-438 Downloads
Yutaro Izumi, Sangyoon Park and Hyunjoo Yang
When the message hurts: The unintended impacts of nudges on saving pp. 439-456 Downloads
Alin Marius Andrieş and Sarah Walker
Leaping into the dark: A model of policy gambles pp. 457-476 Downloads
Kartik Anand, Prasanna Gai and Philipp J. König
Rebundling Institutions: How property rights and contracting institutions combine for growth pp. 477-500 Downloads
Katja Kalkschmied
The effects of discriminatory protections on cross-border mergers and acquisitions pp. 501-523 Downloads
Haoyuan Ding, Haichao Fan, Chang Li and Larry D. Qiu
Dark side of environmental regulation: Wage inequality cost pp. 524-544 Downloads
Yun Liu, Yifei Zhang, Yuxin Yang and Xin Chen
Do wages grow with experience? Deciphering the Russian puzzle pp. 545-563 Downloads
Eugenia Chernina and Vladimir Gimpelson
Do non-cognitive skills matter for alcohol consumption? Evidence from Russia pp. 564-576 Downloads
Ksenia Rozhkova, Sergey Roshchin and Yana Roshchina
Labor market hardships and preferences for public sector employment and employers: Evidence from Russia pp. 577-591 Downloads
Olivia Jin and William Pyle
Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania pp. 592-609 Downloads
Jose Garcia-Louzao and Linas Tarasonis
Foreign direct investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from China pp. 610-639 Downloads
Wen-Tai Hsu, Yi Lu, Xuan Luo and Lianming Zhu
Street-level responsiveness of city governments in China, Germany, and the United States pp. 640-652 Downloads
Ekkehard Köhler, John G. Matsusaka and Yanhui Wu
Youth responses to political populism: Education abroad as a step toward emigration pp. 653-673 Downloads
Murat Demirci
Intangible capital, the labour share and national ‘growth regimes’ pp. 674-695 Downloads
Aida Garcia-Lazaro and Nick Pearce
The effects of TV content on entrepreneurship: Evidence from German unification pp. 696-721 Downloads
Viktor Slavtchev and Michael Wyrwich

Volume 51, issue 1, 2023

Legacies of Vietnam's imperial examinations, 1075–1919: More investment in education and better educational outcomes pp. 2-14 Downloads
Tien Vu and Hiroyuki Yamada
Political survival, local accountability, and long-term development: Evidence from an authoritarian country pp. 15-40 Downloads
Hanming Fang, Linke Hou, Mingxing Liu, Lixin Colin Xu and Pengfei Zhang
Institutional-cultural coherence and economic development: The case of the Spanish regions pp. 41-89 Downloads
David Soto-Oñate and Gustavo Torrens
Immigrant religious practices and criminality: The case of Ramadan pp. 90-104 Downloads
Carlo Birkholz and David Gomtsyan
The motherhood penalty in China: Magnitudes, trends, and the role of grandparenting pp. 105-132 Downloads
Lingsheng Meng, Yunbin Zhang and Ben Zou
The roots of female emancipation: Initializing role of Cool Water pp. 133-159 Downloads
Manuel Santos Silva, Amy C. Alexander, Stephan Klasen and Christian Welzel
The gender education gap in developing countries: Roles of income shocks and culture pp. 160-180 Downloads
Sylvain Dessy, Luca Tiberti and David Zoundi
Access to local citizenship and internal migration in a developing country: Evidence from a Hukou reform in China pp. 181-215 Downloads
Zhangfeng Jin and Junsen Zhang
The effects of EU-funded enterprise grants on firms and workers pp. 216-234 Downloads
Balazs Murakozy and Álmos Telegdy
Melting pot or salad bowl: Cultural effects on industrial similarity during trade liberalization pp. 235-258 Downloads
Yang Jiao, Leilei Shen and Yuyun Liu
Perception of political instability in election periods: Evidence from African firms pp. 259-276 Downloads
Antoine Cazals and Florian Leon
Informal institution meets child development: Clan culture and child labor in China pp. 277-294 Downloads
Can Tang and Zhong Zhao
Beyond climate and conflict relationships: New evidence from a Copula-based analysis on an historical perspective pp. 295-323 Downloads
Olivier Damette and Stéphane Goutte
Ballot structure and political selection. Evidence from changes in electoral rules pp. 324-347 Downloads
Erasmo Papagni, Anna Laura Baraldi and Maria Rosaria Alfano
Effects of corruption on foreign direct investment: Evidence from Swedish multinational enterprises pp. 348-371 Downloads
Susanna Thede and Patrik Karpaty
Minimum wage spike and income underreporting: A back-of-the-envelope-wage analysis pp. 372-402 Downloads
Nicolas Gavoille and Anna Zasova

Volume 50, issue 4, 2022

The wise, the politician, and the strongman: Types of national leaders and quality of governance pp. 849-895 Downloads
Julieta Peveri
Roman roads to prosperity: Persistence and non-persistence of public infrastructure pp. 896-916 Downloads
Carl-Johan Dalgaard, Nicolai Kaarsen, Ola Olsson and Pablo Selaya
The impact of foreign direct investment on innovation: Evidence from patent filings and citations in China pp. 917-945 Downloads
Yongmin Chen, Haiwei Jiang, Yousha Liang and Shiyuan Pan
The origins of political institutions and property rights pp. 946-968 Downloads
Giacomo Benati, Carmine Guerriero and Federico Zaina
Pre-colonial ethnic institutions and party politics in Africa pp. 969-980 Downloads
Francesco Amodio, Giorgio Chiovelli and Dylan Munson
Mass protests, security-elite defection, and revolution pp. 981-996 Downloads
Thomas Apolte
Firms, kinship networks, and economic growth in the Kyrgyz Republic pp. 997-1018 Downloads
Paul Castañeda Dower, Theodore P. Gerber and Shlomo Weber
The trade-off between risk and incentives in fiscal federalism: Evidence from China pp. 1019-1035 Downloads
Bingyang Lyu, Guangrong Ma and Jingnan Zhan
Measuring human capital in middle income countries pp. 1036-1067 Downloads
Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Iván Torre
Your misfortune is also mine: Land expropriation, property rights insecurity, and household behaviors in rural China pp. 1068-1086 Downloads
Mingda Cheng, Julan Du, Chunhui Ye and Qi Zhang
Political economy of cross-border income shifting: A protection racket approach pp. 1087-1102 Downloads
Maxim Ananyev
Does competition cause government decentralization? The case of state-owned enterprises pp. 1103-1122 Downloads
Dongmin Kong, Gaowen Kong, Shasha Liu and Ling Zhu

Volume 50, issue 3, 2022

Sleeping with the enemy: The perils of having the government on(the)board pp. 641-651 Downloads
Santiago Barraza, Martín Rossi and Christian Ruzzier
Crony capitalism, the party-state, and the political boundaries of corruption pp. 652-667 Downloads
Weijia Li, Gérard Roland and Yang Xie
Foreign investment regulation and firm productivity: Granular evidence from Indonesia pp. 668-687 Downloads
Robert Genthner and Krisztina Kis-Katos
How does stock liquidity affect corporate tax noncompliance? Evidence from China✰ pp. 688-712 Downloads
E. Han Kim, Yao Lu, Xinzheng Shi and Dengjin Zheng
The timing of first marriage and subsequent life outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment pp. 713-731 Downloads
Yi Chen and Yi Zhao
Trade shocks, industrial growth, and electrification in early 20th-century China pp. 732-749 Downloads
Shiyu Bo, Ting Chen and Cong Liu
IMF conditionality, export structure and economic complexity:The ineffectiveness of structural adjustment programs pp. 750-767 Downloads
Firat Demir
Pandemic knowledge and regulation effectiveness: Evidence from COVID-19 pp. 768-783 Downloads
Luisa Loiacono, Riccardo Puglisi, Leonzio Rizzo and Riccardo Secomandi
Phasing out: Routine tasks and retirement pp. 784-803 Downloads
Lucas van der Velde
On the optimal size of a joint savings association pp. 804-814 Downloads
Oded Stark, Wiktor Budzinski, Marcin Jakubek and Grzegorz Kosiorowski
The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices? pp. 815-831 Downloads
Matthias Mertens and Steffen Mueller
Does the early bird catch the worm? The effect of school starting age on educational attainment and labor market outcomes: Evidence from Chinese urban twins data pp. 832-848 Downloads
Xu Li, Xuyan Lou and Junsen Zhang

Volume 50, issue 2, 2022

Corruption and growth: Historical evidence, 1790–2010 pp. 321-349 Downloads
Luca J. Uberti
Political instability and households’ investment behavior: Evidence from Burkina Faso pp. 350-368 Downloads
Nicolas Büttner, Michael Grimm and Sidiki Soubeiga
The competence-loyalty tradeoff in China's political selection pp. 369-393 Downloads
Zhaoguang Wang, Yang Yao and Junni Zhang
The long-term effects of Protestant activities in China pp. 394-414 Downloads
Yuyu Chen, Hui Wang and Se Yan
Stuck outside the single market; Evidence from firms in central and eastern Europe pp. 415-434 Downloads
Wessel Vermeulen
Bribes vs. taxes: Market structure and incentives pp. 435-453 Downloads
Francesco Amodio, Jieun Choi, Giacomo De Giorgi and Aminur Rahman
The role of firms in the gender wage gap pp. 454-473 Downloads
Jaan Masso, Jaanika Meriküll and Priit Vahter
Preventing Islamic radicalization: Experimental evidence on anti-social behavior pp. 474-485 Downloads
Pedro Vicente and Inês Vilela
The joint effects of financial development and the business environment on firm growth: Evidence from Vietnam pp. 486-506 Downloads
Rouven E. Haschka, Helmut Herwartz, Philipp Struthmann, Viet Tuan Tran and Yabibal M. Walle
The effects of elections on macroprudential policy pp. 507-533 Downloads
Can Sever and Emekcan Yücel
Reducing tariff evasion: The role of trade facilitation pp. 534-554 Downloads
Cosimo Beverelli and Rohit Ticku
Fiscal adjustment in a panel of countries 1870–2016 pp. 555-568 Downloads
Veronika Akhmadieva
The impact of health insurance on job location choice: Evidence from rural China pp. 569-583 Downloads
Yijie Wang, Julie Shi, Yi Yao and Wenkai Sun
Fertility and maternal labor supply: Evidence from the new two-child policies in urban China pp. 584-598 Downloads
Xiaoyu Wu
Risk sharing and industrial specialization in China pp. 599-626 Downloads
Julan Du, Qing He and Ce Zhang
Does the introduction of stock exchange markets boost economic growth in African countries? pp. 627-640 Downloads
Antonio Afonso and Max Reimers

Volume 50, issue 1, 2022

Θ The cultural transmission of trust norms: Evidence from a lab in the field on a natural experiment pp. 1-19 Downloads
Elira Karaja and Jared Rubin
Capitalist systems and income inequality pp. 20-32 Downloads
Marco Ranaldi and Branko Milanovic
Ancestry and international trade pp. 33-51 Downloads
Irene Fensore, Stefan Legge and Lukas Schmid
Wage and unemployment: Evidence from online job vacancy data pp. 52-70 Downloads
Oleksandr Faryna, Tho Pham, Oleksandr Talavera and Andriy Tsapin
Corporate governance and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from Russian unlisted firms pp. 71-100 Downloads
Carsten Sprenger and Olga Lazareva
Sexual exploitation of trafficked children: Survey evidence from child sex workers in Bangladesh pp. 101-117 Downloads
Masahiro Shoji and Kenmei Tsubota
Current expenditure upswings in good times and public investment downswings in bad times? New evidence from developing countries pp. 118-134 Downloads
Martin Ardanaz and Alejandro Izquierdo
Export pricing and exchange rate expectations under uncertainty pp. 135-152 Downloads
Andrea Fracasso, Angelo Secchi and Chiara Tomasi
Less debt, more schooling? Evidence from cross-country micro data pp. 153-173 Downloads
Marin Ferry, Marine de Talancé and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa
Road to productivity: Effects of roads on total factor productivity in Indian manufacturing pp. 174-195 Downloads
Subham Kailthya and Uma Kambhampati
How local leaders matter: Inter-provincial leadership transfers and land transactions in China pp. 196-220 Downloads
Yue Li, Xiang Shao, Zhigang Tao and Hongjie Yuan
Authoritarian transparency: China's missing cases in court disclosure pp. 221-239 Downloads
Zhuang Liu, T.J. Wong, Yang Yi and Tianyu Zhang
Shutdown policies and conflict worldwide pp. 240-255 Downloads
Nicolas Berman, Mathieu Couttenier, Nathalie Monnet and Rohit Ticku
Ethnic identities, public spending and political regimes pp. 256-279 Downloads
Sugata Ghosh and Anirban Mitra
The moderating role of culture on the benefits of economic freedom: Cross-country analysis pp. 280-292 Downloads
Johan Graafland and Eelke de Jong
The welfare effects of FDI: A quantitative analysis pp. 293-320 Downloads
Balázs Zélity
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