Journal of Comparative Economics

1977 - 2025

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Volume 49, issue 4, 2021

Persuasive propaganda during the 2015 Argentine Ballotage pp. 885-900

Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky

Post-materialism and economic growth: Cultural backlash, 1981–2019 pp. 901-917

Kyriaki I. Kafka and Pantelis Kostis

Labor market dynamics in urban China and the role of the state sector pp. 918-932

Shuaizhang Feng and Naijia Guo

Political hierarchy and urban primacy: Evidence from China pp. 933-946

Shiyu Bo and Chao Cheng

Defective democracy and the political budget cycle pp. 947-961

Dongwon Lee and Sujin Min

Distressed acquisitions: Evidence from European emerging markets pp. 962-990

Ichiro Iwasaki, Evžen Kočenda and Yoshisada Shida

Can bribery buy health? Evidence from post-communist countries pp. 991-1007

Astghik Mavisakalyan, Vladimir Otrachshenko and Olga Popova

Exchange rate disconnect and financial constraints —evidence from Chinese firms pp. 1008-1019

Yuan Xu and Yuwei Guo

Political salaries, electoral selection and the incumbency advantage: Evidence from a wage reform pp. 1020-1047

Jan Palguta and Filip Pertold

Contractual frictions and margins of trade pp. 1048-1067

Théophile T. Azomahou, Hibret Maemir and Hassen Wako

Non-commercial goals and financial performance of state-owned enterprises – some evidence from the electricity sector in the EU countries pp. 1068-1087

Piotr Matuszak and Bartosz Kabaciński

Enfranchising non-citizens: What drives natives’ willingness to share power? pp. 1088-1108

Anna Maria Koukal, Patricia Schafer and Reiner Eichenberger

Volume 49, issue 3, 2021

Rules versus norms: How formal and informal institutions shape judicial sentencing cycles pp. 645-659

Christian Dippel and Mikhail Poyker

The origins of agricultural inheritance traditions pp. 660-674

Thilo Rene Huning and Fabian Wahl

The intergenerational transmission of historical conflicts: An application to China’s trade pp. 675-692

Difei Ouyang and Weidi Yuan

Informal pay gaps in good and bad times: Evidence from Russia pp. 693-714

Olivier Bargain, Audrey Etienne and Blaise Melly

School entry age and educational attainment in developing countries: Evidence from China's compulsory education law pp. 715-732

Jiaying Chen and Albert Park

The legacy of state socialism on attitudes toward immigration pp. 733-750

Martin Lange

The influence of colonialism on Africa's welfare: An anthropometric study pp. 751-775

Joerg Baten and Laura Maravall

The long-term effects of the slave trade on political violence in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 776-800

Yu Zhang, Zhicheng Phil Xu and Shahriar Kibriya

The puzzling politics of R&D: Signaling competence through risky projects pp. 801-818

Natalia Lamberova

Gender discrimination in China: Experimental evidence from the job market for college graduates pp. 819-835

Jian Zhang, Songqing Jin, Tao Li and Haigang Wang

The dynamics of institution building: State aids, the European commission, and the court of justice of the European Union pp. 836-859

Amanda M. Alves, Eric Brousseau and Timothy Yu-Cheong Yeung

Convergence, divergence, or multiple steady states? New evidence on the institutional development within the European Union pp. 860-884

Linda Glawe and Helmut Wagner

Volume 49, issue 2, 2021

Trust in government in times of crisis: A quasi-experiment during the two world wars✰ pp. 277-289

Ahmed Skali, David Stadelmann and Benno Torgler

Markups and income inequality: Causal links, 1975-2011 pp. 290-312

Minsoo Han and Ju Hyun Pyun

The political transfer problem: How cross-border financial windfalls affect democracy and civil war pp. 313-339

Faisal Z. Ahmed, Daniel Schwab and Eric Werker

Democratic transitions can attract foreign direct investment: Effect, trajectories, and the role of political risk pp. 340-357

Jean Lacroix, Pierre-Guillaume Méon and Khalid Sekkat

The changing composition of academic majors and wage dynamics: Beyond mean returns pp. 358-381

Natalia Kyui and Natalia Radchenko

Unveiling the effects of a headscarf ban: Evidence from municipal jobs in Turkey pp. 382-404

Gozde Corekcioglu

The unintended harms of infrastructure: Opium and road construction in Afghanistan pp. 405-424

Evan Wigton-Jones

The gender gap in competitive chess across countries: Commanding queens in command economies pp. 425-441

Maryam Dilmaghani

Touch thee not: Group conflict, caste power and untouchability in rural India pp. 442-466

Indraneel Dasgupta and Sarmistha Pal

The great Chinese inequality turnaround pp. 467-482

Ravi Kanbur, Yue Wang and Xiaobo Zhang

The effects of trade, aid, and investment on China's image in Latin America pp. 483-498

Vera Eichenauer, Andreas Fuchs and Lutz Brückner

Firms and wage inequality in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 499-552

Iga Magda, Jan Gromadzki and Simone Moriconi

The effect of regulating political connections: Evidence from China's board of directors ban pp. 553-578

Jijian Fan

Learning from processing trade: Firm evidence from China pp. 579-602

Xue Bai, Shengjie Hong and Yaqi Wang

Voter turnout and intergenerational redistribution pp. 603-626

Michael Klien, Mickael Melki and Andrew Pickering

Coups, regime transitions, and institutional consequences pp. 627-643

Daniel L. Bennett, Christian Bjørnskov and Stephan F. Gohmann

Volume 49, issue 1, 2021

The politics of experimentation: Political competition and randomized controlled trials pp. 1-21

Cristina Corduneanu-Huci, Michael T. Dorsch and Paul Maarek

Political elites and hometown favoritism in famine-stricken China pp. 22-37

James Kai-sing Kung and Titi Zhou

The power of social mobilisation: The impact of monitoring the 2015 presidential elections in Poland pp. 38-58

Jan Fałkowski and Przemysław J. Kurek

The Washington consensus works: Causal effects of reform, 1970-2015 pp. 59-72

Kevin B. Grier and Robin Grier

Government ideology and economic freedom pp. 73-91

Vitor Castro and Rodrigo Martins

Riding out of a financial crisis: The joint effect of trust and corporate ownership pp. 92-109

Mario Amore and Mircea Epure

Outsiders, insiders and interventions in the housing market pp. 110-134

Xiaokuai Shao and Alexander White

The varying shadow of China's banking system pp. 135-146

Xiaodong Zhu

Marriage traditions and investment in education: The case of bride kidnapping pp. 147-163

Dana Bazarkulova and Janice Compton

Growth, mobility and social progress pp. 164-182

Dirk Van de gaer and Flaviana Palmisano

The effects of labor regulation on firms and exports: Evidence from Indian apparel manufacturing pp. 183-200

Rana Hasan, Aashish Mehta and Asha Sundaram

Has globalization shrunk manufacturing labor share in transition economies? pp. 201-211

Marjan Petreski

Does foreign technology transfer spur domestic innovation? Evidence from the high-speed rail sector in China pp. 212-229

Yatang Lin, Yu Qin and Zhuan Xie

More federal legislators lead to more resources for their constituencies: Evidence from exogenous differences in seat allocations pp. 230-243

Marco Frank and David Stadelmann

Which sanctions matter? analysis of the EU/russian sanctions of 2014 pp. 244-257

Matěj Bělín and Jan Hanousek

The causal effects of parents’ schooling on children's schooling in urban China pp. 258-276

Yuan Hu, Jere Behrman and Junsen Zhang