Journal of Policy Modeling

1979 - 2026

Current editor(s): A. M. Costa

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Volume 48, issue 1, 2026

Economic growth and environmental objectives: An evaluation based on 2021–2027 cohesion policy regional data pp. 1-22

Tryfonas Christou, Abián García-Rodríguez, Tillmann Heidelk, Nicholas-Joseph Lazarou, Philippe Monfort and Simone Salotti

Basic income reduces poverty and inequality: Are there costs in terms of efficiency? pp. 23-42

Francisco Lara and Xisco Oliver

Does employment and autonomy influence safe menstrual hygiene in India? pp. 43-59

Anviksha Drall and Sumirtha Gandhi

Ruble resilience or euro dominance? The impact of the Russo-Ukrainian war on the euro-ruble exchange rate pp. 60-72

Sagiru Mati, Goran Yousif Ismael, Raad Abdelhalim Ibrahim Alsakarneh and Nazifi Aliyu

Government policies in managing food price anomalies: Evidence from Iran pp. 73-88

Mehdi Shabanzadeh-Khoshrody, Saeed Shahabi Ahangarkolaee, Ebrahim Javdan and Reza Esfanjari Kenari

Which countries performed better in the COVID-19 pandemic? Lessons from and for governments pp. 89-106

Hiroaki Masuhara and Kei Hosoya

Escaping the inactivity trap? The work incentive of the Spanish minimum income pp. 107-129

Hugo Cruces, Adrián Hernández and Edlira Narazani

Building a hydrogen economy: Does France have the industrial capacity for a low-carbon transition? pp. 130-151

Raphael Guionie, Lionel Lemiale and Rodica Loisel

Does stigmatization worsen the living standard of people who suffer from it in Africa? pp. 152-177

Mathieu Juliot Mpabe Bodjongo

Environmental innovation policy and SDGs in Europe: Interplay of patents, policy and R&D expenditures pp. 178-195

Volkan Göçoğlu and Serkan Göksu

Sacred and stray: Policy analysis for managing cattle population pp. 196-217

Ayushi Singh and Samir K. Srivastava

Can regulatory enforced disclosure policy enhance earnings quality of banks? pp. 218-240

Soumik Bhusan, Manish Bansal and G. Naresh

Producer heterogeneity, insurance decisions and economic impacts of crop insurance pp. 241-254

Charalampos Mavroutsikos, Konstantinos Giannakas and Cory Walters

Volume 47, issue 6, 2025

Market power and fossil fuel subsidy reforms: Who should lead the call for change? pp. 1113-1130

Robin Argueyrolles

Demographic change will hit public debt sustainability in European Union countries pp. 1131-1157

Zsolt Darvas, Lennard Welslau and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Corruption and economic growth: Greasing the wheels or sanding the gears? Evidence from Italian regions pp. 1158-1179

Salvatore Capasso and Lodovico Santoro

A framework for disrupting extremist recruitment in a developing country: Mapping pathways and prioritizing interventions pp. 1180-1200

Yousaf Ali and Amin Ullah Khan

Oil dependency, political instability and the stock market: A perspective from the Middle East and Africa pp. 1201-1221

Mohamed Abdelaziz Eissa, Hisham Al Refai and Georgios Chortareas

Minibonds and investment: Do they promote intangible assets? pp. 1222-1245

Beniamino Pisicoli, Francesco Marchionne and Gabriele Beccari

Exclusive quota for economically weaker sections pp. 1246-1263

Shivendra Kumar Pandey

Labor productivity and the role of labor market deregulation: Are there limits? Evidence from BRICS pp. 1264-1283

Oleg Mariev, Sophia V. Turkanova and Suleiman Mamman

Investment’s share of government spending in the EU14 Since 1995 – convergence or divergence, and why? pp. 1284-1304

David Cronin and Niall McInerney

Beta and sigma convergence: Are the 15 West African countries catching up with the developed world? pp. 1305-1321

Dennis Nchor and Petr Rozmahel

The role of nuclear energy in competitive power markets: Policy solutions applied to Turkiye pp. 1322-1343

Erkan Erdoğdu

From policy to practice: What drives climate orientation in development finance flows? pp. 1344-1371

Hardik Gupta and Raveendra Saradhi Vadlamudy

The role of data trading platforms (DTPs) in digital technology innovation: Mechanisms and evidence from China pp. 1372-1396

Yun Yang, Yushuang Li and Xueping Liang

Volume 47, issue 5, 2025

Inflation and policy coordination in high-inflation environments pp. 889-902

Idris Adediran, Olajide O. Oyadeyi and Tirimisiyu Oloko

The impact of government-funded renewable energy R&D on its consumption pp. 903-918

Dierk Herzer

Modelling regional exposure to new trade wars pp. 919-940

Miguel Ángel Almazán-Gómez, Fatima El Khatabi, Carlos Llano and Julián Pérez

I want to be Green! The role of social engagement in a circular economy transition pp. 941-957

Livio Ferrante and Federica Scandurra

Governance, financial openness, and renewable energy investment in Africa pp. 958-976

Isaac Appiah-Otoo, Jeffrey Dankwa Ampah and Xudong Chen

Will temporary super depreciation allowances for green and digital investments have knock-on effects? pp. 977-998

Michael Funke and Raphael Terasa

Monetary policy and labor market dynamics: A gender perspective from developing economies pp. 999-1020

Marjan Petreski, Stefan Tanevski and Alejandro D. Jacobo

Alcohol consumption response to pandemic induced income shocks in India pp. 1021-1036

Nidhi Kaicker

Autocratic governance and decentralization in non-democratic regimes: China’s case study pp. 1037-1055

Tahir Yousaf and Qurat ul Ain

Revitalising EU growth: The power of competitive markets pp. 1056-1075

Andrea Camilli, Michele Catalano, Claudio Colacurcio, Adriaan Dierx and Fabienne Ilzkovitz

Is Pakistan in a debt trap? Do domestic and foreign debts crowd-out private investment? pp. 1076-1096

Muhammad Arshad Khan, Abdul Rahman and Bashir Ahmed Tareen

Second-leg home advantage no more? The impact of video assistant referee and no away goals rule in elite soccer pp. 1097-1112

Mustafa Yildirim and Mustafa Erhan Bilman

Volume 47, issue 4, 2025

Editorial pp. 704-707

Dominick Salvatore

Industrial policy and the new protectionism pp. 708-722

Joseph Stiglitz

Debt supercycle versus secular stagnation pp. 723-737

Kenneth Rogoff

A tale of debt in three acts pp. 738-745

Barry Eichengreen

The impact of US deportation policies on the US, Canadian, and Mexican economies pp. 746-767

Karen Thierfelder, Sherman Robinson and Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda

State voting preferences 2024 pp. 768-770

Dominick Salvatore and Fred Campano

The impact of the Federal Government debt on macroeconomic stability in the United States pp. 771-784

Lucjan Orlowski

US trade conflict: Potential economic implications for the US and the global economy pp. 785-804

Robert Koopman and Marinos Tsigas

What drives trade policy reform? pp. 805-829

Julia Estefania-Flores, Davide Furceri, Jonathan Ostry and Federico Steinberg

Trade effects of industrial policies: Are preferential agreements a shield? pp. 830-841

Alessandro Barattieri, Aaditya Mattoo and Daria Taglioni

Foresee the unseen: Evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence on international trade pp. 842-861

Adam Jakubik, Lorenzo Rotunno and Alisha Saini

International trade and economic growth in the era of geoeconomic fragmentation pp. 862-879

Dominick Salvatore and Janhavi Shankar Tripathi

What happens in the global economy if the United States reduces its share of imports in GDP pp. 880-887

Fred Campano, Dominick Salvatore and Alberto Costantiello

Volume 47, issue 3, 2025

An artificial neural network experiment on the prediction of the unemployment rate pp. 471-491

Cosimo Magazzino, Marco Mele and Mihai Mutascu

Increased childcare to promote mothers’ employment in selected EU countries pp. 492-511

Edlira Narazani, Ana Agúndez García, Michael Christl and Francesco Figari

Internalizing social value in healthcare: Optimal policy in mixed public-private systems pp. 512-536

Erez Yerushalmi and Sani Ziv

Improving waste collectors' environmental responsibilities in Indonesia: A policy framework pp. 537-550

Made Adi Widyatmika and Nomesh B. Bolia

Digital Consumption Index for ASEAN-6: A proxy developed with China as benchmark pp. 551-568

Shaoying Wu and Yew Joe Ho

Efficiency in poverty reduction in Bolivia pp. 569-587

Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Alejandro Puerta-Cuartas and Javier Beverinotti

Asymmetric impact of migrants’ remittances on real effective exchange rate in Morocco pp. 588-606

Oussama Zennati, Zineb Bennis Nechba and Zakaria Chtouki

Immunity-driven comparative advantage and its palliative effect on social health and inequality pp. 607-632

Sugata Marjit, Gouranga G. Das and Mausumi Kar

Do greenfield foreign direct investments contribute to poverty reduction and economic growth in Africa? pp. 633-644

Friday Osemenshan Anetor

Occupation and demand for health services in Italy: Ways and means to reduce the opportunity costs imposed on patients pp. 645-661

Giuliana De Luca and Michela Ponzo

Do deeds match words? India’s monetary policy needs to “walk the talk” for inflation anchoring pp. 662-680

Smita Roy Trivedi and Saibal Ghosh

A tale of the two recessions 2008 and 2020: What do the Taylor rule, the Phillips curve and Okun's law tell? pp. 681-701

Knut L. Seip and Dan Zhang

Volume 47, issue 2, 2025

Energy price increases and mitigation policies: Redistributive effects on Italian households pp. 251-275

Andrea Bonfatti and Elena Giarda

Discrimination based on employer preferences: The height premium in China pp. 276-297

Fei Peng, Lili Kang, Xiaocong Yang and Sajid Anwar

The effectiveness of fiscal policy in DR Congo: Spending and taxing for macroeconomic impact pp. 298-321

M'pya Banza M, Mumbere Lubula E and Kamala Kaghoma C

Education Expenditures and Growth: Is R&D the link? pp. 322-337

Danai Diakodimitriou, Alexandros Tsioutsios and Theofanis Papageorgiou

Right-wing election success and European Banks: Evidence from the 2024 European Elections pp. 338-357

Markus Tiemann

Politically optimal lockdowns with vaccine hesitancy: Theory and evidence from Switzerland pp. 358-370

Petar Stankov

Interest subvention for crop loans in India: Win-win or win-lose ? pp. 371-393

Disha Bhanot, Vivek Farias and Deeksha Sinha

The intractability of public debt in post-independent Zimbabwe: An international comparison pp. 394-406

Freeman Munisi Mateko, Barbra Maiwasha and Emmanuel Tsara

Modelling global water policies pp. 407-427

Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo and Richard Damania

The multiple impact of remittances on poverty in developing countries: Direct effects and through human capital pp. 428-447

Pablo A. Garcia-Fuentes, P. Lynn Kennedy and William R. Ash

Overeducation under different macroeconomic conditions: How Spanish university graduates fit in the labor market? pp. 448-470

Maite Blázquez Cuesta, Marco A. Pérez Navarro and Rocío Sánchez-Mangas

Volume 47, issue 1, 2025

The short-run displacement of EU cohesion funds in Italy: Has reprogramming a positive impact on regional growth? pp. 1-29

Fabio Mazzola and Debora Gambina

Lowering trade barriers improves income distribution and economic resiliency pp. 30-48

Maksym Chepeliev, Maryla Maliszewska, Israel Osorio-Rodarte, Maria Filipa Seara e Pereira and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe

Exploring policy responses to labour-saving technologies: An assessment of basic income, job guarantee, and working time reduction pp. 49-63

D’Alessandro, Simone, Tiziano Distefano, Guilherme Spinato Morlin and Davide Villani

Inflation's dual impact on European banks' profitability pp. 64-77

Renata Karkowska, Zbigniew Korzeb and Paweł Niedziółka

New rules, new game? The effects of the away goals rule removal and video assistant referee adoption on game dynamics in UEFA Champions League ties pp. 78-96

Mustafa Yildirim and Mustafa Erhan Bilman

Is there worldwide convergence toward the SDGs? pp. 97-117

Simona Bigerna and Silvia Micheli

Increasing taxes on ‘bads’ and reducing them on ‘goods’: A double dividend hypothesis of carbon taxation pp. 118-133

Gurleen Kaur Malhotra and Amlendu Dubey

Addressing climatic uncertainty through fleet optimization for robust winter road maintenance policy design pp. 134-149

Nadeem Akbar Najar, Arnab Jana and D. Parthasarathy

Impact of government domestic borrowing on monetary policy rate pass-through in Tanzania pp. 150-165

Enock Mwakalila

Do debt relief and fiscal rules improve public debt sustainability? The experience of sub-Sahara African countries pp. 166-186

Attahir B. Abubakar, W. David McCausland and Ioannis Theodossiou

Policy lessons from green gdp convergence over five decades: Enhancing sustainability and economic outcomes pp. 187-210

Saša Stjepanović, Daniel Tomić and Marinko Skare

Identifying the ‘deep roots’ of economic freedom with implications for policy and economic reform pp. 211-227

James W. Saunoris, James Payne and Russell S. Sobel

Does financial development improve the effect of public health expenditure on out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in the WAEMU? pp. 228-249

Jacques Boundioa and Souleymane Diallo