European Journal of Political Economy

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Volume 39, issue C, 2015

Interpersonal trust and welfare state support pp. 1-12

Gianmarco Daniele and Benny Geys

Media freedom and democracy in the fight against corruption pp. 13-24

Sambit Bhattacharyya and Roland Hodler

Fixed exchange rates with escape clauses: The political determinants of the European Monetary System realignments pp. 25-40

Cristina Bodea

What do ads buy? Daily coverage of listed companies on the Italian press pp. 41-57

Marco Gambaro and Riccardo Puglisi

Direct democracy and local government efficiency pp. 58-66

Zareh Asatryan and Kristof De Witte

National numerical fiscal rules: Not complied with, but still effective? pp. 67-81

Wolf Heinrich Reuter

How to tame two Leviathans? Revisiting the effect of direct democracy on local public expenditure in a federation pp. 82-93

Sergio Galletta and Mario Jametti

Local governments' re-election and its determinants: New evidence based on a Bayesian approach pp. 94-108

Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll, María Isabel Brun-Martos, Anabel Forte and Emili Tortosa-Ausina

Coups, revolutions and efficient policies in autocracies pp. 109-124

Mario Gilli and Yuan Li

Expropriation risk and competition within the military pp. 125-149

Madhav S. Aney and Giovanni Ko

Gold and silver mining in the 16th and 17th centuries, land titles and agricultural productivity pp. 150-166

Md. Islam, Jakob Madsen and Paul Raschky

What underlies weak states? The role of terrain ruggedness pp. 167-183

Pablo Jimenez-Ayora and Mehmet Ulubasoglu

Incentive effects of fiscal rules on the finance minister's behavior: Evidence from revenue projections in Swiss Cantons pp. 184-200

Florian Chatagny

Political instability and labour market institutions pp. 201-221

Claudio Lucifora and Simone Moriconi

Have minutes helped markets to predict the MPC's monetary policy decisions? pp. 222-234

Makram El-Shagi and Alexander Jung

Elections as a conflict processing mechanism pp. 235-248

Adam Przeworski, Gonzalo Rivero and Tianyang Xi

Social trust, institutional and political constraints on the executive and deregulation of markets pp. 249-268

Markus Leibrecht and Hans Pitlik

Political cycle and reported labour incomes in Italy: Quasi-experimental evidence on tax evasion pp. 269-280

Michele Raitano and Roberto Fantozzi

Inequality: The original economic sin of capitalism? An Evaluation of Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the twenty-first century" pp. 281-287

François Facchini and Stéphane Couvreur

The impact of fiscal policy announcements by the Italian government on the sovereign spread: A comparative analysis pp. 288-304

Matteo Falagiarda and Wildmer Daniel Gregori

Volume 38, issue C, 2015

Terrorism, openness and the Feldstein–Horioka paradox pp. 1-11

Javed Younas

Past dominations, current institutions and the Italian regional economic performance pp. 12-41

Adriana Di Liberto and Marco Sideri

Just hire your spouse! Evidence from a political scandal in Bavaria pp. 42-54

Björn Kauder and Niklas Potrafke

Aid and institutions in transition economies pp. 55-70

Zohid Askarov and Chris Doucouliagos

Fiscal capacity and the risk of sovereign debt after the Glorious Revolution: A reinterpretation of the North–Weingast hypothesis pp. 71-81

Elena Seghezza

Is an increasing capital share under capitalism inevitable? pp. 82-86

Yew-Kwang Ng

Parties as efficiency-improving gatekeepers in rent-seeking societies pp. 87-101

Topi Miettinen and Panu Poutvaara

War, disenfranchisement and the fall of the ancient Athenian democracy pp. 102-117

George Tridimas

Modern day slavery: What drives human trafficking in Europe? pp. 118-139

Diego Hernandez and Alexandra Rudolph

Common pool problems in voluntary municipal mergers pp. 140-152

Tuukka Saarimaa and Janne Tukiainen

Assist or desist? Conditional bailouts and fiscal discipline in local governments pp. 153-168

Jens Dietrichson and Lina Maria Ellegård

Addressing child sex tourism: The Indian case pp. 169-180

Matthieu Chemin and Flaubert Mbiekop

Investigating the monetary policy of central banks with assessment indicators pp. 181-196

Marcel Bluhm

Economic growth and judicial independence, a dozen years on: Cross-country evidence using an updated Set of indicators pp. 197-211

Stefan Voigt, Jerg Gutmann and Lars Feld

Are we all playing the same game? The economic effects of constitutions depend on the degree of institutionalization pp. 212-228

German Caruso, Carlos Scartascini and Mariano Tommasi

Central banks' voting records, the financial crisis and future monetary policy pp. 229-243

Roman Horvath and Júlia Jonášová

Incumbency advantage in a proportional electoral system: A regression discontinuity analysis of Irish elections pp. 244-256

Paul Redmond and John Regan

Volume 37, issue C, 2015

The impact of national fiscal rules on the stabilisation function of fiscal policy pp. 1-20

Agnese Sacchi and Simone Salotti

Term limits and political budget cycles at the local level: evidence from a young democracy pp. 21-36

Fabio Alvim Klein and Sergio Sakurai

Inefficient predation and political transitions pp. 37-48

Michael Dorsch and Paul Maarek

Trade openness and bigger governments: The role of country size revisited pp. 49-63

Michael Jetter and Christopher Parmeter

A note on stable and sustainable global tax coordination with Leviathan governments pp. 64-67

Thomas Eichner and Rüdiger Pethig

Economic growth, repression, and state expenditure in non-democratic regimes pp. 68-85

Muhammed N. Islam

Revisiting the link between PAC contributions and lobbying expenditures pp. 86-101

James Lake

Trade, trust and the rule of law pp. 102-115

Shu Yu, Sjoerd Beugelsdijk and Jakob de Haan

In government we trust: The role of fiscal decentralization pp. 116-128

Jenny Ligthart and Peter van Oudheusden

What determines the likelihood of structural reforms? pp. 129-145

Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Joao Jalles and Ricardo Sousa

Rich communication, social motivations, and coordinated resistance against divide-and-conquer: A laboratory investigation pp. 146-159

Timothy Cason and Vai-Lam Mui

Fertility choice and financial development pp. 160-177

Valerio Filoso and Erasmo Papagni

The effect of political representation on the geographic distribution of income: Evidence using Belgian data pp. 178-194

Geert Jennes and Damiaan Persyn

Political pressure and procyclical expenditure: An analysis of the expenditures of state governments in Mexico pp. 195-206

Andrew Abbott, Rene Cabral, Philip Jones and Roberto Palacios

Does economic freedom really kill? On the association between ‘Neoliberal’ policies and homicide rates pp. 207-219

Christian Bjørnskov

Optimal contracting with private military and security companies pp. 220-240

Matthias Fahn and Tahmina Hadjer

Patronage and ideology in electoral behavior: Evidence from Egypt's first presidential elections pp. 241-248

Mohamad Al-Ississ and Samer Atallah

Household repayment behavior: The role of social capital and institutional, political, and religious beliefs pp. 249-265

Dimitris Georgarakos and Sven Fürth

The sound of silence: Political accountability and libel law pp. 266-279

Gabriele Gratton

Heterogeneous outside options in contests pp. 280-287

Martin Grossmann and Helmut Dietl

Group size and decision rules in legislative bargaining pp. 288-302

Luis Miller and Christoph Vanberg