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

- 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

- Justin T. Callais and Andrew T. Young
- Catholics, Protestants and Muslims: Similar work ethics, different social and political ethics pp. 778-815

- Miguel Abellán
- Topography, borders, and trade across Europe pp. 816-832

- Richard Frensch, Jarko Fidrmuc and Michael Rindler
- Rethinking fiscal rules pp. 833-857

- 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

- Ilja Kristian Kavonius and Veli-Matti Törmälehto
- Maternity support and child health: Unintended gendered effects pp. 880-898

- Aishwarya Kekre and Kanika Mahajan
- Staying on top: Political cycles in private bank lending pp. 899-917

- Zuzana Fungáčová, Koen Schoors, Laura Solanko and Laurent Weill
- Political economy of real exchange rate levels pp. 918-940

- Esra Nur Ugurlu and Arslan Razmi
- Effects of public sector wages on corruption: Wage inequality matters pp. 941-959

- Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Michael Lokshin and Vladimir Kolchin
- Demilitarization and economic growth: Empirical evidence in support of a peace dividend pp. 960-988

- Anthony A. Mayberry
- Past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes in Europe pp. 989-1010

- Despina Gavresi and Anastasia Litina
- Did raising doing business scores boost GDP? pp. 1011-1030

- Tamanna Adhikari and Karl Whelan
- Firms’ access to finance in resource-based countries and the financial resource curse pp. 1031-1047

- Olivier Damette, Sandrine Kablan and Clément Mathonnat
- Societal diversity, group identities and their implications for tax morale pp. 1048-1067

- Fabian ten Kate, Mariko J. Klasing and Petros Milionis
- The impact of educated leaders on economic development: Evidence from India pp. 1068-1093

- 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

- Hakon Albers and Ulrich Pfister
- The effects of South Korean Protestantism on human capital and female empowerment, 1930–2010 pp. 422-438

- Yutaro Izumi, Sangyoon Park and Hyunjoo Yang
- When the message hurts: The unintended impacts of nudges on saving pp. 439-456

- Alin Marius Andrieş and Sarah Walker
- Leaping into the dark: A model of policy gambles pp. 457-476

- Kartik Anand, Prasanna Gai and Philipp J. König
- Rebundling Institutions: How property rights and contracting institutions combine for growth pp. 477-500

- Katja Kalkschmied
- The effects of discriminatory protections on cross-border mergers and acquisitions pp. 501-523

- Haoyuan Ding, Haichao Fan, Chang Li and Larry D. Qiu
- Dark side of environmental regulation: Wage inequality cost pp. 524-544

- Yun Liu, Yifei Zhang, Yuxin Yang and Xin Chen
- Do wages grow with experience? Deciphering the Russian puzzle pp. 545-563

- Eugenia Chernina and Vladimir Gimpelson
- Do non-cognitive skills matter for alcohol consumption? Evidence from Russia pp. 564-576

- Ksenia Rozhkova, Sergey Roshchin and Yana Roshchina
- Labor market hardships and preferences for public sector employment and employers: Evidence from Russia pp. 577-591

- Olivia Jin and William Pyle
- Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania pp. 592-609

- Jose Garcia-Louzao and Linas Tarasonis
- Foreign direct investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from China pp. 610-639

- 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

- Ekkehard Köhler, John G. Matsusaka and Yanhui Wu
- Youth responses to political populism: Education abroad as a step toward emigration pp. 653-673

- Murat Demirci
- Intangible capital, the labour share and national ‘growth regimes’ pp. 674-695

- Aida Garcia-Lazaro and Nick Pearce
- The effects of TV content on entrepreneurship: Evidence from German unification pp. 696-721

- 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

- Tien Vu and Hiroyuki Yamada
- Political survival, local accountability, and long-term development: Evidence from an authoritarian country pp. 15-40

- 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

- David Soto-Oñate and Gustavo Torrens
- Immigrant religious practices and criminality: The case of Ramadan pp. 90-104

- Carlo Birkholz and David Gomtsyan
- The motherhood penalty in China: Magnitudes, trends, and the role of grandparenting pp. 105-132

- Lingsheng Meng, Yunbin Zhang and Ben Zou
- The roots of female emancipation: Initializing role of Cool Water pp. 133-159

- 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

- 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

- Zhangfeng Jin and Junsen Zhang
- The effects of EU-funded enterprise grants on firms and workers pp. 216-234

- Balazs Murakozy and Álmos Telegdy
- Melting pot or salad bowl: Cultural effects on industrial similarity during trade liberalization pp. 235-258

- Yang Jiao, Leilei Shen and Yuyun Liu
- Perception of political instability in election periods: Evidence from African firms pp. 259-276

- Antoine Cazals and Florian Leon
- Informal institution meets child development: Clan culture and child labor in China pp. 277-294

- Can Tang and Zhong Zhao
- Beyond climate and conflict relationships: New evidence from a Copula-based analysis on an historical perspective pp. 295-323

- Olivier Damette and Stéphane Goutte
- Ballot structure and political selection. Evidence from changes in electoral rules pp. 324-347

- Erasmo Papagni, Anna Laura Baraldi and Maria Rosaria Alfano
- Effects of corruption on foreign direct investment: Evidence from Swedish multinational enterprises pp. 348-371

- Susanna Thede and Patrik Karpaty
- Minimum wage spike and income underreporting: A back-of-the-envelope-wage analysis pp. 372-402

- 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

- Julieta Peveri
- Roman roads to prosperity: Persistence and non-persistence of public infrastructure pp. 896-916

- 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

- Yongmin Chen, Haiwei Jiang, Yousha Liang and Shiyuan Pan
- The origins of political institutions and property rights pp. 946-968

- Giacomo Benati, Carmine Guerriero and Federico Zaina
- Pre-colonial ethnic institutions and party politics in Africa pp. 969-980

- Francesco Amodio, Giorgio Chiovelli and Dylan Munson
- Mass protests, security-elite defection, and revolution pp. 981-996

- Thomas Apolte
- Firms, kinship networks, and economic growth in the Kyrgyz Republic pp. 997-1018

- 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

- Bingyang Lyu, Guangrong Ma and Jingnan Zhan
- Measuring human capital in middle income countries pp. 1036-1067

- 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

- Mingda Cheng, Julan Du, Chunhui Ye and Qi Zhang
- Political economy of cross-border income shifting: A protection racket approach pp. 1087-1102

- Maxim Ananyev
- Does competition cause government decentralization? The case of state-owned enterprises pp. 1103-1122

- 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

- Santiago Barraza, Martín Rossi and Christian Ruzzier
- Crony capitalism, the party-state, and the political boundaries of corruption pp. 652-667

- Weijia Li, Gérard Roland and Yang Xie
- Foreign investment regulation and firm productivity: Granular evidence from Indonesia pp. 668-687

- Robert Genthner and Krisztina Kis-Katos
- How does stock liquidity affect corporate tax noncompliance? Evidence from China✰ pp. 688-712

- 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

- Yi Chen and Yi Zhao
- Trade shocks, industrial growth, and electrification in early 20th-century China pp. 732-749

- Shiyu Bo, Ting Chen and Cong Liu
- IMF conditionality, export structure and economic complexity:The ineffectiveness of structural adjustment programs pp. 750-767

- Firat Demir
- Pandemic knowledge and regulation effectiveness: Evidence from COVID-19 pp. 768-783

- Luisa Loiacono, Riccardo Puglisi, Leonzio Rizzo and Riccardo Secomandi
- Phasing out: Routine tasks and retirement pp. 784-803

- Lucas van der Velde
- On the optimal size of a joint savings association pp. 804-814

- 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

- 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

- Xu Li, Xuyan Lou and Junsen Zhang
Volume 50, issue 2, 2022
- Corruption and growth: Historical evidence, 1790–2010 pp. 321-349

- Luca J. Uberti
- Political instability and households’ investment behavior: Evidence from Burkina Faso pp. 350-368

- Nicolas Büttner, Michael Grimm and Sidiki Soubeiga
- The competence-loyalty tradeoff in China's political selection pp. 369-393

- Zhaoguang Wang, Yang Yao and Junni Zhang
- The long-term effects of Protestant activities in China pp. 394-414

- Yuyu Chen, Hui Wang and Se Yan
- Stuck outside the single market; Evidence from firms in central and eastern Europe pp. 415-434

- Wessel Vermeulen
- Bribes vs. taxes: Market structure and incentives pp. 435-453

- Francesco Amodio, Jieun Choi, Giacomo De Giorgi and Aminur Rahman
- The role of firms in the gender wage gap pp. 454-473

- Jaan Masso, Jaanika Meriküll and Priit Vahter
- Preventing Islamic radicalization: Experimental evidence on anti-social behavior pp. 474-485

- Pedro Vicente and Inês Vilela
- The joint effects of financial development and the business environment on firm growth: Evidence from Vietnam pp. 486-506

- Rouven E. Haschka, Helmut Herwartz, Philipp Struthmann, Viet Tuan Tran and Yabibal M. Walle
- The effects of elections on macroprudential policy pp. 507-533

- Can Sever and Emekcan Yücel
- Reducing tariff evasion: The role of trade facilitation pp. 534-554

- Cosimo Beverelli and Rohit Ticku
- Fiscal adjustment in a panel of countries 1870–2016 pp. 555-568

- Veronika Akhmadieva
- The impact of health insurance on job location choice: Evidence from rural China pp. 569-583

- 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

- Xiaoyu Wu
- Risk sharing and industrial specialization in China pp. 599-626

- Julan Du, Qing He and Ce Zhang
- Does the introduction of stock exchange markets boost economic growth in African countries? pp. 627-640

- 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

- Elira Karaja and Jared Rubin
- Capitalist systems and income inequality pp. 20-32

- Marco Ranaldi and Branko Milanovic
- Ancestry and international trade pp. 33-51

- Irene Fensore, Stefan Legge and Lukas Schmid
- Wage and unemployment: Evidence from online job vacancy data pp. 52-70

- Oleksandr Faryna, Tho Pham, Oleksandr Talavera and Andriy Tsapin
- Corporate governance and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from Russian unlisted firms pp. 71-100

- Carsten Sprenger and Olga Lazareva
- Sexual exploitation of trafficked children: Survey evidence from child sex workers in Bangladesh pp. 101-117

- 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

- Martin Ardanaz and Alejandro Izquierdo
- Export pricing and exchange rate expectations under uncertainty pp. 135-152

- Andrea Fracasso, Angelo Secchi and Chiara Tomasi
- Less debt, more schooling? Evidence from cross-country micro data pp. 153-173

- 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

- Subham Kailthya and Uma Kambhampati
- How local leaders matter: Inter-provincial leadership transfers and land transactions in China pp. 196-220

- Yue Li, Xiang Shao, Zhigang Tao and Hongjie Yuan
- Authoritarian transparency: China's missing cases in court disclosure pp. 221-239

- Zhuang Liu, T.J. Wong, Yang Yi and Tianyu Zhang
- Shutdown policies and conflict worldwide pp. 240-255

- Nicolas Berman, Mathieu Couttenier, Nathalie Monnet and Rohit Ticku
- Ethnic identities, public spending and political regimes pp. 256-279

- Sugata Ghosh and Anirban Mitra
- The moderating role of culture on the benefits of economic freedom: Cross-country analysis pp. 280-292

- Johan Graafland and Eelke de Jong
- The welfare effects of FDI: A quantitative analysis pp. 293-320

- Balázs Zélity
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