European Journal of Political Economy

1985 - 2025

Current editor(s): J. De Haan, A. L. Hillman and H. W. Ursprung

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Volume 50, issue C, 2017

Thresholds: A model of religious governance and evolution pp. 1-21

Mario Ferrero

Do mergers of large local governments reduce expenditures? – Evidence from Germany using the synthetic control method pp. 22-36

Felix Roesel

“Alcohol Bans”: Can they reveal the effect of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign? pp. 37-51

Yang Shu and Jiayao Cai

Expressive voting and political ideology in a laboratory democracy pp. 54-74

Rasmus Wiese and Richard Jong-A-Pin

Mind the gap: Disparity in redistributive preference between political elites and the public in China pp. 75-91

Weihua An and Maoliang Ye

“Mind the Gap?” Rising income inequality and individual trade policy preferences pp. 92-105

Quynh Nguyen

The creation of effective states in the OECD since 1870: The role of inequality pp. 106-121

Jakob Madsen, Cong Wang and Bodo Steiner

Inequality, redistribution and cultural integration in the Welfare State pp. 122-140

Alberto Bisin and Thierry Verdier

Social transfers and conditionalities under different regime types pp. 141-156

Marina Dodlova, Anna Giolbas and Jann Lay

Rent extraction by capitalists pp. 157-170

Markus Brueckner

Finance and income inequality: A review and new evidence pp. 171-195

Jakob de Haan and Jan-Egbert Sturm

Income inequality and oligarchs in Russian regions: A note pp. 196-207

Jarko Fidrmuc and Lidwina Gundacker

Volume 49, issue C, 2017

Sustainability of coalitional equilibria within repeated tax competition pp. 1-23

Sonja Brangewitz and Sarah Brockhoff

On the historical roots of women's empowerment across Italian provinces: religion or family culture? pp. 24-46

Monica Bozzano

Corruption and political stability: Does the youth bulge matter? pp. 47-70

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan and Stefan Witthuhn

Size, fungibility, and the strength of lobbying organizations pp. 71-83

David Levine and Salvatore Modica

Expropriation risk and FDI in developing countries: Does return of capital dominate return on capital? pp. 84-107

M. Akhtaruzzaman, Nathan Berg and Christopher Hajzler

Suffrage, labour markets and coalitions in colonial Virginia pp. 108-122

Elena Nikolova and Milena Nikolova

Single round vs. runoff elections under plurality rule: A theoretical analysis pp. 123-133

Massimo Bordignon, Tommaso Nannicini and Guido Tabellini

Who do you blame in local finance? An analysis of municipal financing in Italy pp. 146-163

Massimo Bordignon, Veronica Grembi and Santino Piazza

Rewarding the introduction of multiparty elections pp. 164-181

Nam Kyu Kim and Alex Kroeger

Volume 48, issue C, 2017

Are OECD policy recommendations for public sector reform biased against welfare states? Evidence from a new database pp. 3-15

Andreas Bergh, Margareta Dackehag and Martin Rode

Ready to reform: How popular initiatives can be successful pp. 16-39

Katharina Hofer, Christian Marti and Monika Bütler

Holding out for a better deal: Brinkmanship in the Greek bailout negotiations pp. 40-53

Athanassios Pitsoulis and Soeren Schwuchow

Macroeconomic effects of structural reforms and fiscal consolidations: Trade-offs and complementarities pp. 54-73

Dimitris Papageorgiou and Evangelia Vourvachaki

Structural reforms at the zero bound pp. 74-90

Lukas Vogel

Tuition fees: User prices and private incentives pp. 91-103

George Economides, Apostolis Philippopoulos and Stelios Sakkas

A large scale OLG model for the analysis of the redistributive effects of policy reforms pp. 104-127

Alessandro Bucciol, Laura Cavalli, Igor Fedotenkov, Paolo Pertile, Veronica Polin, Nicola Sartor and Alessandro Sommacal

Reforming the public administration: The role of crisis and the power of bureaucracy pp. 128-143

Zareh Asatryan, Friedrich Heinemann and Hans Pitlik

Political-economic determinants of education reform: Evidence on interest groups and student outcomes pp. 144-161

Vigile Marie Fabella

Explaining changes in tax burdens in Latin America: Do politics trump economics? pp. 162-179

Mark Hallerberg and Carlos Scartascini

Support for free-market policies and reforms: Does the field of study influence students' political attitudes? pp. 180-197

Mira Fischer, Björn Kauder, Niklas Potrafke and Heinrich Ursprung

Volume 47, issue C, 2017

Rewards from public office and the selection of politicians by parties pp. 1-18

Fabio Cerina and Luca Deidda

Election frequency, choice fatigue, and voter turnout pp. 19-35

Sebastian Garmann

Electoral systems and fiscal policy outcomes: Evidence from Poland pp. 36-60

Jarosław Kantorowicz

The targets of state capitalism: evidence from M&A deals pp. 61-74

Stefano Clo, Carlo Fiorio and Massimo Florio

Crime and punishment the British way: Accountability channels following the MPs’ expenses scandal pp. 75-99

Valentino Larcinese and Indraneel Sircar

The political economy of the impossible trinity pp. 103-123

Joscha Beckmann, Esther Ademmer, Ansgar Belke and Rainer Schweickert

Regime switches under policy uncertainty in monetary unions pp. 124-132

Paolo Canofari and Giovanni Di Bartolomeo

Strategic fiscal policies and leadership in a monetary union pp. 133-147

Georgios Chortareas and Christos Mavrodimitrakis

Exchange rate expectations and economic policy uncertainty pp. 148-162

Joscha Beckmann and Robert Czudaj

Reserve accumulation and exchange rate policy in China: The authoritarian elite's aim of political survival pp. 163-174

Elena Seghezza, Pierluigi Morelli and Giovanni B. Pittaluga

Volume 46, issue C, 2017

The performance of politicians: The effect of gender quotas pp. 1-14

Michela Braga and Francesco Scervini

Quality contests pp. 15-25

Marco Serena

Regional economic growth disparities: A political economy perspective pp. 26-39

Tomohito Okabe and Timothy Kam

Reserve accumulation and exchange rate policy in China: The authoritarian elite's aim of political survival pp. 40-51

Elena Seghezza, Pierluigi Morelli and Giovanni B. Pittaluga

Anchoring of inflation expectations in the euro area: Recent evidence based on survey data pp. 52-73

Tomasz Łyziak and Maritta Paloviita

Ideology and redistribution through public spending pp. 74-90

Helmut Herwartz and Bernd Theilen

Volume 45, issue S, 2016

Economic freedom and economic crises pp. 11-23

Christian Bjørnskov

Aiding economic freedom: Exploring the role of political institutions pp. 24-38

Nabamita Dutta and Claudia R. Williamson

Give me liberty and give me control: Economic freedom, control perceptions and the paradox of choice pp. 39-52

Boris Nikolaev and Daniel L. Bennett

Tolerance in the United States: Does economic freedom transform racial, religious, political and sexual attitudes? pp. 53-70

Niclas Berggren and Therese Nilsson

Want freedom, will travel: Emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality pp. 71-84

Maryam Naghsh Nejad and Andrew Young

Democracy and growth: Evidence from a machine learning indicator pp. 85-107

Klaus Gründler and Tommy Krieger

Unbundling the roles of human capital and institutions in economic development pp. 108-128

Hugo J. Faria, Hugo M. Montesinos-Yufa, Daniel R. Morales and Carlos E. Navarro

Minding the happiness gap: Political institutions and perceived quality of life in transition pp. 129-148

Milena Nikolova

Tax evasion and well-being: A study of the social and institutional context in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 149-159

Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell and Klarita Gërxhani

Housing property rights and subjective wellbeing in urban China pp. 160-174

Zhiming Cheng, Stephen King, Russell Smyth and Haining Wang

Volume 45, issue C, 2016

The economic effects of a counterinsurgency policy in India: A synthetic control analysis pp. 1-17

Saurabh Singhal and Rahul Nilakantan

Warlords, famine and food aid: Who fights, who starves? pp. 18-38

Max Blouin and Stephane Pallage

Do politicians reward core supporters? Evidence from a discretionary grant program pp. 39-56

Björn Kauder, Niklas Potrafke and Markus Reischmann

Is centralization a solution to the soft budget constraint problem? pp. 57-75

Avi Ben-Bassat, Momi Dahan and Esteban Klor

A quantitative analysis of Turkish Private Education Reform pp. 76-88

Muharrem Yesilirmak

Psychological costs of currency transition: evidence from the euro adoption pp. 89-100

Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova and Jose Tavares

Now or later? The political economy of public investment in democracies pp. 101-114

Sanjeev Gupta, Estelle X. Liu and Carlos Mulas-Granados

Political capitalism: The interaction between income inequality, economic freedom and democracy pp. 115-132

Tim Krieger and Daniel Meierrieks

Political stability and trade agreements: Evidence for ‘endgame FTAs’ pp. 133-148

Lorenzo Rotunno