Journal of Comparative Economics

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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 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