Journal of Comparative Economics

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Volume 45, issue 4, 2017

Machiavellian experimentation pp. 685-711

Yinxi Xie and Yang Xie

Partisan politics: The empirical evidence from OECD panel studies pp. 712-750

Niklas Potrafke

Does dividend tax impede competition for corporate charters? pp. 751-772

Tat-kei Lai and Travis Ng

Vote buying and campaign promises pp. 773-792

Philip Keefer and Razvan Vlaicu

Did foreign banks stay committed to emerging Europe during recent financial crises? pp. 793-808

John P. Bonin and Dana Louie

Inter-industry relatedness and industrial-policy efficiency: Evidence from China’s export processing zones pp. 809-826

Zhao Chen, Sandra Poncet and Ruixiang Xiong

Does forced solidarity hamper investment in small and micro enterprises? pp. 827-846

Michael Grimm, Renate Hartwig and Jann Lay

How close is Asia already to being a trade bloc? pp. 847-864

Chunding Li and John Whalley

Do Institutions Affect Social Preferences? Evidence from Divided Korea pp. 865-888

Byung-Yeon Kim, Syngjoo Choi, Jungmin Lee, Sokbae Lee and Kyunghui Choi

The size of political jurisdictions: A model with some evidence from a fascist consolidation pp. 889-909

Monica Andini, Alberto Dalmazzo and Guido de Blasio

Politics of religiously motivated lending: An empirical analysis of aid allocation by the Islamic Development Bank pp. 910-929

Diego Hernandez and Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati

Determinants of governmental redistribution: Income distribution, development levels, and the role of perceptions pp. 930-962

Klaus Gründler and Sebastian Köllner

Does Communist party membership pay? Estimating the economic returns to party membership in the labor market in China pp. 963-983

Joanne McLaughlin

Volume 45, issue 3, 2017

Misled and mis-sold: financial misbehaviour in retail banks? pp. 429-444

Renuka Sane and Monika Halan

Markups and exporting behavior of foreign affiliates pp. 445-455

Hongyong Zhang and Lianming Zhu

Culture, democracy, and market reforms: Evidence from transition countries pp. 456-480

Danko Tarabar

To root or not to root? The economics of jailbreak pp. 481-497

Hong Chao, Chun-Yu Ho, Tin Cheuk Leung and Travis Ng

How does anti-corruption affect corporate innovation? Evidence from recent anti-corruption efforts in China pp. 498-519

Gang Xu and Go Yano

Are environmentally responsible firms less vulnerable when investing abroad? The role of reputation pp. 520-543

Remi Bazillier, Sophie Hatte and Julien Vauday

Education on the cheap: The long-run effects of a free compulsory education reform in rural china pp. 544-562

Yun Xiao, Li Li and Liqiu Zhao

The role of constitutions on poverty: A cross-national investigation pp. 563-581

Lanse Minkler and Nishith Prakash

Political cycles in public expenditure: butter vs guns pp. 582-604

Vincenzo Bove, Georgios Efthyvoulou and Antonio Navas

Sometimes, winners lose: Economic disparity and indigenization in Kazakhstan pp. 605-621

Ira Gang and Achim Schmillen

Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 622-643

Pelle Ahlerup, Thushyanthan Baskaran and Arne Bigsten

Trust and delegation: Theory and evidence pp. 644-657

Nurullah Gur and Christian Bjørnskov

Left behind but doing good? Civic engagement in two post-socialist countries pp. 658-684

Milena Nikolova, Monica Roman and Klaus Zimmermann

Volume 45, issue 2, 2017

Changes to Our Editorial Board pp. v-v

Ruben Enikolopov, Timur Kuran and Hongbin Li

Foreword for the symposium in honour of Gary Becker pp. 217-218

Mark Rosenzweig and Junsen Zhang

Family size, birth order, and tests of the quantity–quality model pp. 219-224

Rufei Guo, Junjian Yi and Junsen Zhang

Love, money, and parental goods: Does parental matchmaking matter? pp. 224-245

Fali Huang, Ginger Zhe Jin and Lixin Xu

Does population control lead to better child quality? Evidence from China’s one-child policy enforcement pp. 246-260

Bingjing Li and Hongliang Zhang

Parental preferences, production technologies, and provision for progeny pp. 261-270

Maoliang Ye and Junjian Yi

Family linkages, social interactions, and investment in human capital: A theoretical analysis pp. 271-286

Qing Wang and Xiangrong Yu

Does the one-child policy improve children's human capital in urban China? A regression discontinuity design pp. 287-303

Xuezheng Qin, Castiel Chen Zhuang and Rudai Yang

Long run trends in unemployment and labor force participation in urban China pp. 304-324

Shuaizhang Feng, Yingyao Hu and Robert Moffitt

Demographic responses to a political transformation: Evidence of women’s empowerment from Nepal pp. 325-343

Jayash Paudel and Pedro de Araujo

The impact of fiscal and political decentralization on local public investment in Indonesia pp. 344-365

Krisztina Kis-Katos and Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir

Resource discovery and the politics of fiscal decentralization pp. 366-382

Sambit Bhattacharyya, Louis Conradie and Rabah Arezki

Fiscal decentralisation, local institutions and public good provision: evidence from Indonesia pp. 383-409

Sarmistha Pal and Zaki Wahhaj

Political repression in autocratic regimes pp. 410-428

Vincenzo Bove, Jean-Philippe Platteau and Petros Sekeris

Volume 45, issue 1, 2017

The clan and the corporation: Sustaining cooperation in China and Europe pp. 1-35

Avner Greif and Guido Tabellini

Design and evolution in institutional development: The insignificance of the English Bill of Rights pp. 36-55

Peter Murrell

Corruption for sales pp. 56-66

Mathieu Couttenier and Farid Toubal

Political philosophy, executive constraint and electoral rules pp. 67-88

Timothy Yu-Cheong Yeung

Governments in the market for corporate control: Evidence from M&A deals involving state-owned enterprises pp. 89-109

Chiara D. Del Bo, Matteo Ferraris and Massimo Florio

Government decentralization as a commitment in non-democracies pp. 110-118

Mark Gradstein

Westward movement of new polluting firms in China: Pollution reduction mandates and location choice pp. 119-138

Haoyi Wu, Huanxiu Guo, Bing Zhang and Maoliang Bu

What deters labor-owned firm creation? Evidence from Italian manufacturing sectors pp. 139-153

Filippo Belloc

Political uncertainty and household savings pp. 154-170

Rolf Aaberge, Kai Liu and Yu Zhu

Strategies and public propositions in games of institutional change: Comparative historical cases pp. 171-187

Masahiko Aoki

Legal institutionalism: Capitalism and the constitutive role of lawAuthor-Name: Deakin, Simon pp. 188-200

David Gindis, Geoffrey Hodgson, Kainan Huang and Katharina Pistor

Institutions and economic change pp. 213-215

Francesca Gagliardi