Journal of Comparative Economics

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Volume 46, issue 4, 2018

The impact of temperature on manufacturing worker productivity: Evidence from personnel data pp. 889-905

Xiqian Cai, Yi Lu and Jin Wang

How do voters perceive changes to the rules of the game? Evidence from the 2014 Hungarian elections pp. 906-919

John S. Ahlquist, Nahomi Ichino, Jason Wittenberg and Daniel Ziblatt

Wealth inequality, democracy and economic freedom pp. 920-935

Md. Islam

Public attention to “Islamic terrorism” and stock market returns pp. 936-946

Imane El Ouadghiri and Jonathan Peillex

Effects of Islamic religiosity on bilateral trust in trade: The case of Turkish exports pp. 947-965

Alessia Lo Turco and Daniela Maggioni

Social norms and female labor force participation in urban China pp. 966-987

Xi Chen and Suqin Ge

Populism and the return of the “Paranoid Style”: Some evidence and a simple model of demand for incompetence as insurance against elite betrayal pp. 988-1005

Rafael Di Tella and Julio Rotemberg

Return migration and the transfer of gender norms: Evidence from the Middle East pp. 1006-1029

Michele Tuccio and Jackline Wahba

Disentangling political and institutional determinants of budget forecast errors: A comparative approach pp. 1030-1045

Mamadou Boukari and Francisco Veiga

Capability and opportunism: Evidence from city officials in China pp. 1046-1061

Tianyang Xi, Yang Yao and Muyang Zhang

It's easier to contract than to pay: Judicial independence and US municipal default in the 19th century pp. 1062-1081

John Dove

Rent extraction, revolutionary threat, and coups in non-democracies pp. 1082-1103

Michael Dorsch and Paul Maarek

Does past unemployment experience explain the transition happiness gap? pp. 1104-1121

Edward Norton, Olena Nizalova and Irina Murtazashvili

Cultural barriers to market integration: Evidence from 19th century Austria pp. 1122-1145

Sarah Walker

A sticky trait: Social trust among Swedish expatriates in countries with varying institutional quality pp. 1146-1157

Andreas Bergh and Richard Öhrvall

Organizational transparency and power in firm ownership networks pp. 1158-1177

Anna Grosman and Aija Leiponen

Multi-destination firms and the impact of exchange-rate risk on trade pp. 1178-1193

Jérôme Héricourt and Clément Nedoncelle

Envy and the Islamic revival: Experimental evidence from Tunisia pp. 1194-1214

Maleke Fourati

Revisiting the democracy-private investment nexus: Does inequality matter? pp. 1215-1233

Kemal Kivanc Akoz, Benjamin Barber IV, Jeffrey Jensen and Christina Zenker

Swiss watch cycles: Evidence of corruption during leadership transition in China pp. 1234-1252

Xiaohuan Lan and Wei Li

Who benefit from government-led microfinance projects? Evidence from rural China pp. 1253-1272

Haoyuan Ding, Cong Qin and Kang Shi

Coordinating China's economic growth strategy via its government-controlled association for private firms pp. 1273-1293

Zhenhuan Lei and Jeffrey Nugent

Employment discrimination in a former Soviet Union Republic: Evidence from a field experiment pp. 1294-1309

Muhammad Asali, Norberto Pignatti and Sophiko Skhirtladze

Government extraction and firm size: Local officials’ responses to fiscal distress in China pp. 1310-1331

Yu Liu

Empirical linkages between good governance and national well-being pp. 1332-1346

John Helliwell, Haifang Huang, Shawn Grover and Shun Wang

Collectivism in the labor market: Evidence from second generation immigrants in the United States pp. 1347-1369

Lisa Sofie Höckel

Talking in the present, caring for the future: Language and environment pp. 1370-1387

Astghik Mavisakalyan, Yashar Tarverdi and Clas Weber

Competitive experience and gender difference in risk preference, trust preference and academic performance: Evidence from Gaokao in China pp. 1388-1410

Yi Lu, Xinzheng Shi and Songfa Zhong

Former Communist party membership and bribery in the post-socialist countries pp. 1411-1424

Artjoms Ivlevs and Timothy Hinks

Gender difference in the impact of retirement on cognitive abilities: Evidence from urban China pp. 1425-1446

Xiaoyan Lei and Hong Liu

Volume 46, issue 3, 2018

Happiness convergence in transition countries pp. 683-707

Sergei Guriev and Nikita Melnikov

Communism as the unhappy coming pp. 708-721

Simeon Djankov and Elena Nikolova

Temporary employment, work quality, and job satisfaction pp. 722-735

Mariya Aleksynska

Does past unemployment experience explain the transition happiness gap? pp. 736-753

Edward Norton, Olena Nizalova and Irina Murtazashvili

Self-employment, financial development, and well-being: Evidence from China, Russia, and Ukraine pp. 754-769

Tho Pham, Oleksandr Talavera and Mao Zhang

Migrants’ well-being during the global financial crisis: Economic and social predictors pp. 770-787

Alexander Danzer and Barbara Dietz

War and well-being in transition: Evidence from two natural experiments pp. 788-799

Gunes Gokmen and Evgeny Yakovlev

Job market outcomes for IDPs: The case of Georgia pp. 800-820

Karine Torosyan, Norberto Pignatti and Maksym Obrizan

Drinking under communism: Why do alcohol consumption habits in Eastern Europe differ from the west in the long-run? pp. 821-837

Gintarė Mališauskaite and Alexander Klein

Informal employment relationships and the labor market: Is there segmentation in Ukraine? pp. 838-857

Hartmut Lehmann and Norberto Pignatti

Adolescents’ (un)happiness in transition pp. 858-873

Tom Coupé and Maksym Obrizan

Math, girls and socialism pp. 874-888

Quentin Lippmann and Claudia Senik

Volume 46, issue 2, 2018

Does crime deter South Africans from self-employment? pp. 413-435

Katharina Grabrucker and Michael Grimm

Applying for social programs in India: Roles of local politics and caste networks in affirmative action pp. 436-456

Véronique Gille

National culture and the configuration of public pensions pp. 457-479

Rivera-Rozo, J.A. (Jairo), García-Huitrón, M.E. (Manuel), Steenbeek, O.W. (Onno) and (Fieke) van der Lecq, S.G.

Child labor and the minimum wage: Evidence from India pp. 480-494

Nidhiya Menon and Yana Rodgers

Estimating the value of political connections in China: Evidence from sudden deaths of politically connected independent directors pp. 495-514

Lei Cheng

Manufacturing growth and local employment multipliers in China pp. 515-543

Ting Wang and Areendam Chanda

Chinese import competition, crime, and government transfers in US pp. 544-567

Yi Che, Xun Xu and Yan Zhang

The psychological effects of academic labeling: The case of class tracks pp. 568-581

Qiang Feng and Xiaojun Wang

Migrant peers in the classroom: Is the academic performance of local students negatively affected? pp. 582-597

Feng Hu

The impact of institutional volatility on financial volatility in transition economies pp. 598-615

Christopher Hartwell

Culture, legal heritage and the regulation of labor pp. 616-633

James Ang and Per Fredriksson

Income comparisons and attitudes towards foreigners - Evidence from a natural experiment pp. 634-655

Walter Hyll and Lutz Schneider

Arab spring protests and women's labor market outcomes: Evidence from the Egyptian revolution pp. 656-682

Nelly El-Mallakh, Mathilde Maurel and Biagio Speciale

Volume 46, issue 1, 2018

Religiosity versus rationality: Depositor behavior in Islamic and conventional banks pp. 1-19

Ahmet Aysan, Mustafa Disli, Meryem Duygun and Huseyin Ozturk

State and religion over time pp. 20-34

Metin Cosgel, Matthew Histen, Thomas J. Miceli and Sadullah Yıldırım

Credit policies, macroeconomic stability and welfare: The case of China pp. 35-52

Raoul Minetti and Tao Peng

The health implications of social pensions: Evidence from China's new rural pension scheme pp. 53-77

Lingguo Cheng, Hong Liu, Ye Zhang and Zhong Zhao

The new goods margin in new markets pp. 78-93

Sang-Wook Cho and Julian Diaz

Non-cooperative and cooperative policy reforms under uncertainty and spillovers pp. 94-102

Carsten Hefeker and Michael Neugart

Trade liberalization and markups: Micro evidence from China pp. 103-130

Haichao Fan, Xiang Gao, Yao Li and Tuan Anh Luong

Lame ducks and divided government: How voters control the unaccountable pp. 131-144

Mark Schelker

Fertility, household structure, and parental labor supply: Evidence from China pp. 145-156

Rufei Guo, Hongbin Li, Junjian Yi and Junsen Zhang

The golden hello and political transitions pp. 157-173

Toke Aidt, Facundo Albornoz and Martin Gassebner

The role of institutions in finance curse: Evidence from international data pp. 174-191

Siong Hook Law, Ali Kutan and N.A.m Naseem

Total factor productivity convergence in German states since reunification: Evidence and explanations pp. 192-211

Michael Burda and Battista Severgnini

Housing investment in urban China pp. 212-247

Yujin Cao, Jidong Chen and Qinghua Zhang

Lineage-based heterogeneity and cooperative behavior in rural China pp. 248-269

Quqiong He, Ying Pan and Sudipta Sarangi

Does non-employment based health insurance promote entrepreneurship? Evidence from a policy experiment in China pp. 270-283

Lulu Liu and Yuting Zhang

Private enforcement, corruption, and antitrust design pp. 284-307

Peter Grajzl and Andrzej Baniak

Why East Germany did not become a new Mezzogiorno pp. 308-325

Andrea Boltho, Wendy Carlin and Pasquale Scaramozzino

Informality, public employment and employment protection in developing countries pp. 326-348

Shaimaa Yassin and Francois Langot

Can television bring down a dictator? Evidence from Chile’s “No” campaign pp. 349-361

Felipe González and Mounu Prem

The autocratic roots of social distrust pp. 362-380

Xu Xu and Xin Jin

Labor reallocation and demographics pp. 381-412

Joanna Tyrowicz and Lucas van der Velde