Journal of Comparative Economics

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Volume 41, issue 4, 2013

Legal centralization and the birth of the secular state pp. 959-978

Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama

Political origins of financial structure pp. 979-994

Sambit Bhattacharyya

The impact of political cycle: Evidence from coalmine accidents in China pp. 995-1011

Huihua Nie, Minjie Jiang and Xianghong Wang

Can information and counseling help students from poor rural areas go to high school? Evidence from China pp. 1012-1025

Prashant Loyalka, Chengfang Liu, Yingquan Song, Hongmei Yi, Xiaoting Huang, Jianguo Wei, Linxiu Zhang, Yaojiang Shi, James Chu and Scott Rozelle

Defining governance matters: A factor analytic assessment of governance institutions pp. 1026-1053

David Givens

How foreign direct investment promote institutional quality: Evidence from Vietnam pp. 1054-1072

Anh Dang

Are debt repayment incentives undermined by foreign aid? pp. 1073-1091

Christian Bjørnskov and Philipp Schröder

Shift from gross profit taxation to distributed profit taxation: Are there effects on firms? pp. 1092-1105

Jaan Masso, Jaanika Meriküll and Priit Vahter

Long-run costs of piecemeal reform: Wage inequality and returns to education in Vietnam pp. 1106-1122

Diep Phan and Ian Coxhead

Internal financial constraints and firm productivity in China: Do liquidity and export behavior make a difference? pp. 1123-1140

Minjia Chen and Alessandra Guariglia

Monetary and fiscal institutional designs pp. 1141-1166

Ourania Dimakou

Household formation rules, fertility and female labour supply: Evidence from post-communist countries pp. 1167-1183

Louise Grogan

The wage and non-wage costs of displacement in boom times: Evidence from Russia pp. 1184-1201

Hartmut Lehmann, Alexander Muravyev, Tiziano Razzolini and Anzelika Zaiceva

Banking crises, labor reforms, and unemployment pp. 1202-1219

Lorenzo Bernal-Verdugo, Davide Furceri and Dominique Guillaume

Oil price shocks and stock market activities: Evidence from oil-importing and oil-exporting countries pp. 1220-1239

Yudong Wang, Chongfeng Wu and Li Yang

The effects of economic reforms on manufacturing dualism: Evidence from India pp. 1240-1262

Vinish Kathuria, Rajesh Raj and Kunal Sen

Volume 41, issue 3, 2013

Does trust favor macroeconomic stability? pp. 653-668

Marc Sangnier

Estimating the social return to transport infrastructure: A price-difference approach applied to a quasi-experiment pp. 669-683

Zhigang Li and Yu Chen

Does democracy affect taxation and government spending? Evidence from developing countries pp. 684-718

Paola Profeta, Riccardo Puglisi and Simona Scabrosetti

Egalitarian norms, economic development, and ethnic polarization pp. 719-744

Rein Haagsma and Pierre Mouche

Sukuk vs. conventional bonds: A stock market perspective pp. 745-761

Christophe Godlewski, Rima Turk-Ariss and Laurent Weill

Foreign ownership and the credibility of national rating agencies: Evidence from Korea pp. 762-776

Giovanni Ferri, Punziana Lacitignola and Jeong Yeon Lee

Does trust promote growth? pp. 777-788

Roman Horvath

A different look at Lenin’s legacy: Social capital and risk taking in the Two Germanies pp. 789-803

Guido Heineck and Bernd Süssmuth

Reluctant regulation pp. 804-828

Bernardo Bortolotti, Carlo Cambini and Laura Rondi

Globalization and labor market institutions: International empirical evidence pp. 829-842

Niklas Potrafke

Trade and product market policies in upstream sectors and productivity in downstream sectors: Firm-level evidence from China pp. 843-862

Maria Bas and Orsetta Causa

On the transaction values of land use rights in rural China pp. 863-878

Sivalai V. Khantachavana, Calum Turvey, Rong Kong and Xianli Xia

Comparing China and India: A factor accumulation perspective pp. 879-894

Kamhon Kan and Yong Wang

Impact of firm heterogeneity on direct and spillover effects of FDI: Micro-evidence from ten transition countries pp. 895-922

Joze Damijan, Matija Rojec, Boris Majcen and Mark Knell

Have the returns to education really increased in Vietnam? Wage versus employment effect pp. 923-938

Remco Oostendorp and Quang Hong Doan

Exports, capabilities, and industrial policy in India pp. 939-956

Jesus Felipe, Utsav Kumar and Arnelyn Abdon

Volume 41, issue 2, 2013

Law in Finance pp. 311-314

Katharina Pistor

A legal theory of finance pp. 315-330

Katharina Pistor

Observations on the legal theory of finance pp. 331-337

Geoffrey Hodgson

The legal theory of finance: Implications for methodology and empirical research pp. 338-342

Simon Deakin

The legal construction of the global foreign exchange market pp. 343-354

Rachel Harvey

Essential hybridity: A money view of FX pp. 355-363

Perry Mehrling

Sponsored transactional patterns: Comments on Mehrling’s “Essential hybridity: A money view of FX” pp. 364-366

David F. DeRosa

The wonder-clause pp. 367-385

Anna Gelpern and Mitu Gulati

Diverging derivatives: Law, governance and modern financial markets pp. 386-400

Bruce G. Carruthers

Toward a supply-side theory of financial innovation pp. 401-419

Dan Awrey

Information and consumer credit in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 420-435

Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva

Europe and the logic of hierarchy pp. 436-446

Anush Kapadia

Cultural dimensions, collective values and their importance for institutions pp. 447-467

Mariko Klasing

An empirical examination of matching theories: The one child policy, partner choice and matching intensity in urban China pp. 468-489

Gordon Anderson and Teng Wah Leo

Learning, political attitudes and crises: Lessons from transition countries pp. 490-505

Pauline Grosjean, Frantisek Ricka and Claudia Senik

Investor protection rights and foreign investment pp. 506-526

Maela Giofre'

Weighing China’s export basket: The domestic content and technology intensity of Chinese exports pp. 527-543

Richard Upward, Zheng Wang and Jinghai Zheng

Interbank deposits and market discipline: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe pp. 544-560

Isabelle Distinguin, Tchudjane Kouassi and Amine Tarazi

Big businesses and economic growth: Identifying a binding constraint for growth with country panel analysis pp. 561-582

Keun Lee, Byung-Yeon Kim, Young-Yoon Park and Elias Sanidas

Institutional reforms, productivity and profitability: From rents to competition? pp. 583-600

Nigel Driffield, Tomasz Mickiewicz and Yama Temouri

Trade integration and the skill premium: Evidence from a transition economy pp. 601-620

Sang-Wook Cho and Julian Diaz

Does legal heritage affect obesity? The channel of motor vehicle dependence pp. 621-633

Paul Carlin, Michael P Kidd and Mehmet Ulubasoglu

Profiting from gaizhi: Management buyouts during China’s privatization pp. 634-650

Susan Feng Lu and David Dranove

Volume 41, issue 1, 2013

Quick guide to New Institutional Economics pp. 1-5

Thráinn Eggertsson

Political centralization in pre-colonial Africa pp. 6-21

Philip Osafo-Kwaako and James Robinson

Do superpower interventions have short and long term consequences for democracy? pp. 22-34

Daniel Berger, Alejandro Corvalan, William Easterly and Shanker Satyanath

Corporatism and job satisfaction pp. 35-47

Edmund Phelps and Gylfi Zoega

Changing social contracts: Beliefs and dissipative inclusion in Brazil pp. 48-65

Lee Alston, Marcus Melo, Bernardo Mueller and Carlos Pereira

Turning cheap talk into economic growth: On the relationship between property rights and judicial independence pp. 66-73

Stefan Voigt and Jerg Gutmann

Do institutions not matter in China? Evidence from manufacturing enterprises pp. 74-90

Yi Lu, Ivan Png and Zhigang Tao

The political economy of incentive regulation: Theory and evidence from US states pp. 91-107

Carmine Guerriero

Democracy, globalization and ethnic violence pp. 108-125

Dirk Bezemer and Richard Jong-A-Pin

The impact of international trade on institutions and infrastructure pp. 126-140

Gal Hochman, Chrysostomos Tabakis and David Zilberman

Electoral rules, forms of government and redistributive policy: Evidence from agriculture and food policies pp. 141-158

Alessandro Olper and Valentina Raimondi

The impact of income on democracy revisited pp. 159-169

Yi Che, Yi Lu, Zhigang Tao and Peng Wang

Quantifying parliamentary representation of constituents’ preferences with quasi-experimental data pp. 170-180

David Stadelmann, Marco Portmann and Reiner Eichenberger

History matters: New evidence on the long run impact of colonial rule on institutions pp. 181-200

Patricia Jones

What are the drivers of TFP in the Aging Economy? Aging labor and ICT capital pp. 201-211

Pekka Ilmakunnas and Tatsuyoshi Miyakoshi

Do political parties foster business cycles? An examination of developed economies pp. 212-226

Koyin Chang, Yoonbai Kim, Marc Tomljanovich and Yung-Hsiang Ying

Economic reform, education expansion, and earnings inequality for urban males in China, 1988–2009 pp. 227-244

Xin Meng, Kailing Shen and Sen Xue

Threats to security of property rights in a transition economy: An empirical perspective pp. 245-264

Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Andrei Kuznetsov, Natalia Demina and Olga Kuznetsova

Investment behavior and ownership structures in Ukraine: Soft budget constraints, government ownership and private benefits of control pp. 265-278

Dariya Mykhayliv and Klaus Zauner

Social networks and bribery: The case of entrepreneurs in Eastern Europe pp. 279-293

Larry Chavis

Firm, country and macroeconomic determinants of capital structure: Evidence from transition economies pp. 294-308

Karin Jõeveer