Journal of Comparative Economics

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Volume 42, issue 4, 2014

Democratic institutions and regulatory reforms pp. 839-854

Mohammad Amin and Simeon Djankov

A history of resistance to privatization in Russia pp. 855-873

Paul Castañeda Dower and Andrei Markevich

Foreign direct investment and governance quality in Russia pp. 874-891

Olga Kuzmina, Natalya Volchkova and Tatiana Zueva

Initial endowments and economic reform in 27 post-socialist countries pp. 892-906

Ariel BenYishay and Pauline Grosjean

Episodes of unemployment reduction in rich, middle-income and transition economies pp. 907-923

Caroline Freund and Bob Rijkers

Understanding modes of civil case disposition: Evidence from Slovenian courts pp. 924-939

Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl, Peter Grajzl and Katarina Zajc

The role of the state in resolving business disputes in China pp. 940-953

Julan Du, Yi Lu and Zhigang Tao

When does FDI have positive spillovers? Evidence from 17 transition market economies pp. 954-969

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar and Katherine Terrell

Ethnicity and the distribution of welfare: Evidence from southern Kyrgyzstan pp. 970-982

Damir Esenaliev and Susan Steiner

Bailing outsourcing pp. 983-993

Travis Ng

Measuring China’s trade liberalization: A generalized measure of trade restrictiveness index pp. 994-1006

Bo Chen, Hong Ma and Yuan Xu

Does health insurance matter? Evidence from China’s urban resident basic medical insurance pp. 1007-1020

Hong Liu and Zhong Zhao

Is economic rebalancing toward consumption “greener”? Evidence from visibility in China, 1984–2006 pp. 1021-1032

Zhigang Li, Jia Yuan, Frank Song and Shang-Jin Wei

Disentangling liberalization and privatization policies: Is there a political trade-off? pp. 1033-1051

Filippo Belloc, Antonio Nicita and Simone M. Sepe

Institutional foundations of export diversification patterns in oil-producing countries pp. 1052-1064

Luc Omgba

Military in politics and budgetary allocations pp. 1065-1078

Vincenzo Bove and Roberto Nisticò

Monetary and fiscal policy interactions: Evidence from emerging European economies pp. 1079-1091

Emrah Çevik, Selahattin Dibooglu and Ali Kutan

Volume 42, issue 3, 2014

“The people want the fall of the regime”: Schooling, political protest, and the economy pp. 495-517

Filipe Campante and Davin Chor

Electoral regime and trade policy pp. 518-534

John William Hatfield and William Hauk

The global arms trade network 1950–2007 pp. 535-551

Anders Akerman and Anna Seim

Unbundling democracy: Political rights and civil liberties pp. 552-568

Ariel BenYishay and Roger Betancourt

Does services liberalization affect manufacturing firms’ export performance? Evidence from India pp. 569-589

Maria Bas

Fairness and inequality tolerance: Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey pp. 590-608

Alexandru Cojocaru

Collective management of residential housing in Russia: The importance of being social pp. 609-629

Ekaterina Borisova, Leonid Polishchuk and Anatoly Peresetsky

Do return migrants transfer political norms to their origin country? Evidence from Mali pp. 630-651

Lisa Chauvet and Marion Mercier

Financial structure, productivity, and risk of foreign direct investment pp. 652-669

Jiarui Zhang and Lei Hou

Educational qualifications mismatch in Europe. Is it demand or supply driven? pp. 670-692

Emanuela Ghignoni and Alina Verashchagina

Willingness to pay for managerial training: A case from the knitwear industry in Northern Vietnam pp. 693-707

Aya Suzuki, Vu Nam and Tetsushi Sonobe

Trends in China’s gender employment and pay gap: Estimating gender pay gaps with employment selection pp. 708-725

Wei Chi and Bo Li

Firm growth and productivity in Belarus: New empirical evidence from the machine building industry pp. 726-738

Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Harald Oberhofer and Gallina Andronova Vincelette

A journey from a corruption port to a tax haven pp. 739-754

Shafik Hebous and Vilen Lipatov

Switching the lights off: The impact of energy tariff increases on households in the Kyrgyz Republic pp. 755-769

Franziska Gassmann

Remittances and the human capital of children: New evidence from Kyrgyzstan during revolution and financial crisis, 2005–2009 pp. 770-785

Antje Kroeger and Kathryn Anderson

Doing it all: Women’s employment and reproductive work in Tajikistan pp. 786-803

Mieke Meurs and Vanya Slavchevska

Can religion insure against aggregate shocks to happiness? The case of transition countries pp. 804-818

Olga Popova

Household survey data for research on well-being and behavior in Central Asia pp. 819-835

Tilman Brück, Damir Esenaliev, Antje Kroeger, Alma Kudebayeva, Bakhrom Mirkasimov and Susan Steiner

Volume 42, issue 2, 2014

Political participation and entrepreneurial initial public offerings in China pp. 269-285

Xunan Feng, Anders Johansson and Tianyu Zhang

Political economy of private firms in China pp. 286-303

Di Guo, Kun Jiang, Byung-Yeon Kim and Chenggang Xu

A spatial–temporal analysis of East Asian equity market linkages pp. 304-327

Pui Sun Tam

A comparative analysis of the impact of oil prices on oil-rich emerging economies in the Pacific Rim pp. 328-339

Masaaki Kuboniwa

Centralized institutions and cascades pp. 340-357

Jared Rubin

Reinterpreting social pacts: Theory and evidence pp. 358-374

Emilio Colombo, Patrizio Tirelli and Jelle Visser

A story of large landowners and math skills: Inequality and human capital formation in long-run development, 1820–2000 pp. 375-401

Joerg Baten and Dácil Juif

Economic growth in a politically fragmented world pp. 402-416

Byeongju Jeong

Are complementary reforms a “luxury” for developing countries? pp. 417-435

Jorge Braga de Macedo, Joaquim Oliveira Martins and Bruno Rocha

Housing price and entrepreneurship in China pp. 436-449

Lixing Li and Xiaoyu Wu

Health insurance and consumption: Evidence from China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme pp. 450-469

Chong-En Bai and Binzhen Wu

Economic integration in China: Politics and culture pp. 470-492

Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Alexander Libman and Xiaofan Yu

Volume 42, issue 1, 2014

Ethnic divisions, contract choice, and search costs in the Guatemalan land rental market pp. 1-18

Karen Macours

National representation in supranational institutions: The case of the European Central Bank pp. 19-33

Harald Badinger and Volker Nitsch

Do island states have better institutions? pp. 34-60

Heather Congdon Fors

Donor ideology and types of foreign aid pp. 61-75

Viktor Brech and Niklas Potrafke

Is corruption in China “out of control”? A comparison with the US in historical perspective pp. 76-91

Carlos Ramirez

Institutional development and stock price synchronicity: Evidence from China pp. 92-108

Iftekhar Hasan, Liang Song and Paul Wachtel

Superstition and “lucky” apartments: Evidence from transaction-level data pp. 109-117

Matthew Shum, Wei Sun and Guangliang Ye

The determinants of pollution levels: Firm-level evidence from Chinese manufacturing pp. 118-142

Liangliang Jiang, Chen Lin and Ping Lin

Baltic Dry Index and the democratic window of opportunity pp. 143-159

Faqin Lin and Nicholas Sim

Modes of foreign bank entry and effects on lending rates: Theory and evidence pp. 160-177

Sophie Claeys and Christa Hainz

Global financial crisis, corporate governance, and firm survival pp. 178-211

Ichiro Iwasaki

Political versus economic institutions in the growth process pp. 212-229

Emmanuel Flachaire, Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa and Maty Konte

Showing off to the new neighbors? Income, socioeconomic status and consumption patterns of internal migrants pp. 230-245

Alexander Danzer, Barbara Dietz, Kseniia Gatskova and Achim Schmillen

Bribery solicitations and firm performance in the Latin America and Caribbean region pp. 246-264

Murat Şeker and Judy Yang