European Journal of Political Economy

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Volume 29, issue C, 2013

Violence, access, and competition in the market for protection pp. 1-17

Douglas B. Rogers, Adam C. Smith and Bart Wilson

The political economy of corporate tax harmonization — Why do European politicians (dis)like minimum tax rates? pp. 18-37

Steffen Osterloh and Friedrich Heinemann

FDI from the south: The role of institutional distance and natural resources pp. 38-53

Mariya Aleksynska and Olena Havrylchyk

Corruption and the effects of economic freedom pp. 54-72

Luca Pieroni and Giorgio d'Agostino

Demographic structure and the security of property rights: The role of development and democracy pp. 73-89

Philipp Harms and Philipp an de Meulen

International migration and the welfare state revisited pp. 90-101

Noel Gaston and Gulasekaran Rajaguru

Do business cycle peaks predict election calls in Canada? pp. 102-118

Marcel Voia and J. Stephen Ferris

The effect of the Troubles on GDP in Northern Ireland pp. 119-133

Richard Dorsett

Post-compulsory education: Participation and politics pp. 134-150

Dan Anderberg

How does political instability affect economic growth? pp. 151-167

Ari Aisen and Francisco Veiga

Party-bosses vs. party-primaries: Quality of legislature under different selectorates pp. 168-182

Haldun Evrenk, Timothy Lambie-Hanson and Yourong Xu

Country or leader? Political change and UN General Assembly voting pp. 183-196

Axel Dreher and Nathan Jensen

The effects of financial crisis on fiscal positions pp. 197-213

Athanasios Tagkalakis

Firm characteristics and influence on government rule-making: Theory and evidence pp. 214-235

Emma Aisbett and Carol McAusland

The economic effects of constitutional budget institutions pp. 236-251

Lorenz Blume and Stefan Voigt

Institutions and prosperity A review of Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson, Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of Development Clusters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2011, pp. 375 and Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, Profile Books, London 2012, pp. 529 pp. 252-258

Colin Jennings

Does aging affect preferences for welfare spending? A study of peoples' spending preferences in 22 countries, 1985–2006 pp. 259-271

Rune J. Sørensen

Volume 28, issue 4, 2012

Globalization and gender equality in the course of development pp. 399-413

Niklas Potrafke and Heinrich Ursprung

Expected recidivism among young offenders: Comparing specific deterrence under juvenile and adult criminal law pp. 414-429

Horst Entorf

The effect of free primary school choice on ethnic groups — Evidence from a policy reform pp. 430-444

Kerstin Schneider, Claudia Schuchart, Horst Weishaupt and Andrea Riedel

Preference heterogeneity in the CEE inflation-targeting countries pp. 445-460

Alexander Jung and Gergely Kiss

Productive versus destructive efforts in contests pp. 461-468

J. Atsu Amegashie

Corruption scandals, voter information, and accountability pp. 469-484

Elena Costas-Perez, Albert Solé-Ollé and Pilar Sorribas-Navarro

The shadows of the socialist past: Lack of self-reliance hinders entrepreneurship pp. 485-497

Stefan Bauernschuster, Oliver Falck, Robert Gold and Stephan Heblich

Social capital, household income, and preferences for income redistribution pp. 498-511

Eiji Yamamura

Public attitudes towards central bank independence: Lessons from the foundation of the ECB pp. 512-523

Muhammad Hayat and Etienne Farvaque

Family policy and the number of children: Evidence from a natural experiment pp. 524-539

Peter Egger and Doina Radulescu

Monetary policy communication in Turkey pp. 540-556

Selva Demiralp, Hakan Kara and Pınar Özbay Özlü

The evolution of public spending on higher education in a democracy pp. 557-573

Alexander Haupt

The effects of party campaign spending under proportional representation: Evidence from Germany pp. 574-592

Alexander Fink

Who gives aid to whom and when? Aid accelerations, shocks and policies pp. 593-606

Tilman Brück and Guo Xu

Does democratization facilitate economic liberalization? pp. 607-619

Martin Rode and James Gwartney

Does cabinet ideology matter for the structure of tax policies? pp. 620-635

Konstantinos Angelopoulos, George Economides and Pantelis Kammas

Military expenditure and economic growth: A meta-analysis pp. 636-650

Aynur Alptekin and Paul Levine

How democracy was achieved pp. 651-658

George Tridimas

Volume 28, issue 3, 2012

Property rights and institutions in biblical society: The purchase of the Cave of the Patriarchs pp. 279-285

Jacob Rosenberg and Avi Weiss

The role of political institutions for the effectiveness of central bank independence pp. 286-301

Kai Hielscher and Gunther Markwardt

The effect of corruption on FDI: A parametric and non-parametric analysis pp. 302-312

Marco Barassi and Ying Zhou

Reconsidering the fiscal effects of constitutions pp. 313-323

James Rockey

The drivers of interregional policy choices: Evidence from Italy pp. 324-340

Fabio Padovano

The Czech National Bank's monetary policy in the media pp. 341-357

Jiří Böhm, Petr Král and Branislav Saxa

Democracy, populism, and (un)bounded rationality pp. 358-372

Johannes Binswanger and Jens Prüfer

Democracy, dictatorship, and disease: Political regimes and HIV/AIDS pp. 373-389

Mogens K. Justesen

Survey evidence on conditional norm enforcement pp. 390-398

Christian Traxler and Joachim Winter

Volume 28, issue 2, 2012

Sources and legitimacy of financial liberalization pp. 147-161

Brian Burgoon, Panicos Demetriades and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill

Political institutions, voter turnout, and policy outcomes pp. 162-173

Eileen Fumagalli and Gaia Narciso

Memories of high inflation pp. 174-191

Michael Ehrmann and Panagiota Tzamourani

Partisan politics in corporate taxation pp. 192-207

Steffen Osterloh and Marc Debus

Divisive politics and accountability pp. 208-214

Áron Kiss

Live free or bribe: On the causal dynamics between economic freedom and corruption in U.S. states pp. 215-226

Nicholas Apergis, Oguzhan Dincer and James Payne

Reform redux: Measurement, determinants and growth implications pp. 227-237

Nauro Campos and Roman Horvath

Weakest-link contests with group-specific public good prizes pp. 238-248

Dongryul Lee

Compliance with the Anti-trafficking Protocol pp. 249-265

Seo-Young Cho and Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati

Nudges and norms: On the political economy of soft paternalism pp. 266-277

Jan Schnellenbach

Volume 28, issue 1, 2012

Managing financial market expectations: The role of central bank transparency and central bank communication pp. 1-13

Matthias Neuenkirch

A simple and flexible alternative to Stability and Growth Pact deficit ceilings. Is it at hand? pp. 14-26

Vito Muscatelli, Piergiovanna Natale and Patrizio Tirelli

Has the EMU reduced wage growth and unemployment? Testing a model of trade union behavior pp. 27-37

Heiner Mikosch and Jan-Egbert Sturm

The political economy of exchange rate regimes in developed and developing countries pp. 38-53

Aziz N. Berdiev, Yoonbai Kim and Chun-Ping Chang

Foreign determinants of local institutions: Spatial dependence and openness pp. 54-63

Gerrit Faber and Michiel Gerritse

The internet as an indicator of corruption awareness pp. 64-75

Rajeev Goel, Michael Nelson and Michael A. Naretta

Competitive careers as a way to mediocracy pp. 76-87

Matthias Kräkel

Institutions and training inequality pp. 88-104

Wolfgang Lechthaler and Dennis J. Snower

Affirmative action in contest games pp. 105-118

Jörg Franke

On the channel and type of aid: The case of international disaster assistance pp. 119-131

Paul Raschky and Manijeh Schwindt

When does more aid imply less democracy? An empirical examination pp. 132-146

Sarantis Kalyvitis and Irene Vlachaki