European Journal of Political Economy

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Volume 23, issue 4, 2007

Bank bailouts and political instability pp. 821-837

Victor Vaugirard

A contribution to the empirics of press freedom and corruption pp. 838-862

Sebastian Freille, M. Emranul Haque and Richard Kneller

Incentives for budget discipline in the presence of elections pp. 863-884

Francisco Candel-Sanchez

Tax-spending policies and economic growth: Theoretical predictions and evidence from the OECD pp. 885-902

Konstantinos Angelopoulos, George Economides and Pantelis Kammas

Technology-forcing through environmental regulation pp. 903-916

Andries Nentjes, Frans de Vries and Doede Wiersma

The role of ageing in the growth of government and social welfare spending in the OECD pp. 917-931

Ismael Sanz and Francisco J. Velazquez

Populist policies in the transition to democracy pp. 932-953

Daniel Mejia and Carlos Posada

War and peace: Third-party intervention in conflict pp. 954-974

Yang-Ming Chang, Joel Potter and Shane Sanders

To draft or not to draft? Inefficiency, generational incidence, and political economy of military conscription pp. 975-987

Panu Poutvaara and Andreas Wagener

Doping and cheating in contest-like situations pp. 988-1006

Matthias Krakel

Inequity aversion and trustees' reciprocity in the trust game pp. 1007-1024

Emanuele Ciriolo

Confidence or competence: Do presidencies matter for households' subjective preferences? pp. 1025-1037

Joshy Z. Easaw and Atanu Ghoshray

Foreign direct investment and civil liberties: A new perspective pp. 1038-1052

Antonis Adam and Fragkiskos Filippaios

Do rapid political and trade liberalizations increase corruption? pp. 1053-1076

Samia Costa Tavares

Polarisation, uncertainty and public investment failure pp. 1077-1087

Frank Bohn

Debt financing of public investment: On a popular misinterpretation of "the golden rule of public sector borrowing" pp. 1088-1104

Kersten Kellermann

Strategic wage setting, inflation uncertainty and optimal delegation pp. 1105-1118

Phillip Lawler

Unions, progressive taxes, and education subsidies pp. 1119-1139

Casper Ewijk and Paul J.G. Tang

Je t'aime, moi non plus: Bilateral opinions and international trade pp. 1140-1159

Anne-Célia Disdier and Thierry Mayer

Temporary grant programmes in Sweden and central government behaviour pp. 1160-1174

Niklas Hanes

Why Sweden's pension reform was able to be successfully implemented pp. 1175-1184

Jan Selen and Ann-Charlotte Stahlberg

Uncertainty of voters' preferences and differentiation in a runoff system pp. 1185-1189

Noriaki Matsushima

Contests with size effects through costs pp. 1190-1193

Sanghack Lee

Harassment, corruption and tax policy: A comment on Marjit, Mukherjee and Mukherjee [Eur. J. Political Economy 16 (2000) 75-94] pp. 1194-1197

Florian Baumann

How to improve government performance? pp. 1198-1206

Qijun Liu

Mauro Boianovsky, Editor, Business Cycle Theory, Selected Texts (1860-1939), Part 2 vol. V to VIII, Pickering and Chatto (2005) ISBN 1851967265 pp. 1207-1208

Michel De Vroey

Andrew Glyn, Capitalism Unleashed, Oxford University Press, UK (2006) 234 pp pp. 1208-1210

Han Guowen

Volume 23, issue 3, 2007

Impact factor comparisons for the European Journal of Political Economy pp. 581-(null)

Jakob de Haan, Arye Hillman and Heinrich Ursprung

Why is the world short of democracy?: A cross-country analysis of barriers to representative government pp. 582-604

Vani Borooah and Martin Paldam

The theory of trade policy and trade agreements: A critique pp. 605-623

Wilfred Ethier

Equilibrium social insurance with policy-motivated parties pp. 624-640

Philippe De Donder and Jean Hindriks

Eternal Coase and external costs: A case for bilateral taxation and amenity rights pp. 641-659

Yew-Kwang Ng

External influences on economic reform: Reform as a regional public good pp. 660-673

Kevin Grier and Daniel Sutter

Ratification through referendum or parliamentary vote: When to call a non-required referendum? pp. 674-692

George Tridimas

Voting rules and budget allocation in the enlarged EU pp. 693-706

Heikki Kauppi and Mika Widgrén

The effects of fiscal policy in Italy: Evidence from a VAR model pp. 707-733

Raffaela Giordano, Sandro Momigliano, Stefano Neri and Roberto Perotti

Policy myopia and economic growth pp. 734-753

Toke Aidt and Jayasri Dutta

(Non)intervention in intra-state conflicts pp. 754-767

J. Atsu Amegashie and Edward Kutsoati

Collective rent seeking when sharing rules are private information pp. 768-776

Kyung Baik and Sanghack Lee

Informality, corruption and trade reform pp. 777-789

Sugata Marjit, Sudeep Ghosh and Amit Biswas

Trade protection to reduce redistribution pp. 790-805

Amihai Glazer and Priya Ranjan

The choice of privatization method in a transition economy when insiders control a firm pp. 806-819

John Bennett, Saul Estrin and James Maw

Volume 23, issue 2, 2007

From royal to parliamentary rule without revolution: The economics of constitutional exchange within divided governments pp. 261-284

Roger Congleton

Divide et impera: Financial supervision unification and central bank fragmentation effect pp. 285-315

Donato Masciandaro

Debt, deficits, and the accession of the new member States to the Euro pp. 316-337

Andrew Hughes Hallett and John Lewis

The design of fiscal rules and forms of governance in European Union countries pp. 338-359

Mark Hallerberg, Rolf Strauch and Juergen von Hagen

Candidate quality, pressure group endorsements and the nature of political advertising pp. 360-378

Donald Wittman

The determinants of corruption in Italy: Regional panel data analysis pp. 379-396

Alfredo Del Monte and Erasmo Papagni

Political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment pp. 397-415

Matthias Busse and Carsten Hefeker

Normative comparisons of customs unions and other types of free trade association pp. 416-422

Murray Kemp

Price adjustment under the table: Evidence on efficiency-enhancing corruption pp. 423-447

Daniel Levy

Introduction to symposium `Immigration and the welfare state' pp. 448-452

Martin Paldam

Welfare dependency among Danish immigrants pp. 453-471

Kraen Blume and Mette Verner

Immigration and net transfers within the public sector in Denmark pp. 472-485

Eskil Wadensjö

Living here, born there: The economic life of Australia's immigrants pp. 486-511

Vani Borooah and John Mangan

Immigration and welfare states: A survey of 15 years of research pp. 512-532

Peter Nannestad

Ageing and the welfare state pp. 533-532

The Editors

Can population ageing imply a smaller welfare state? pp. 534-541

Andras Simonovits

Population ageing and the size of the welfare state: Is there a puzzle to explain? pp. 542-553

Richard Disney

How does ageing affect the welfare state? pp. 554-563

Vincenzo Galasso and Paola Profeta

Aging population: The complex effect of fiscal leakages on the politico-economic equilibrium pp. 564-575

Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka

A further comment on ageing and the welfare state pp. 576-577

Richard Disney, Vincenzo Galasso and Paola Profeta

John H. Barton, Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg, The evolution of the trade regime: Politics, law, and economics of the GATT and the WTO, Princeton University Press, Princeton, US (2006) xiv + 242 pp pp. 578-580

Douglas Nelson

Volume 23, issue 1, 2007

Central bank transparency and central bank communication: Editorial introduction pp. 1-8

Jakob de Haan, Sylvester Eijffinger and Krzysztof Rybinski

The value of central bank transparency when agents are learning pp. 9-29

Michele Berardi and John Duffy

Central Bank forecasts and disclosure policy: Why it pays to be optimistic pp. 30-50

Sylvester Eijffinger and Mewael F. Tesfaselassie

The impact of central bank transparency on inflation expectations pp. 51-66

Carin Cruijsen and Maria Demertzis

Central bank transparency and credibility: The case of Poland, 1998-2004 pp. 67-87

Tomasz Łyziak, Joanna Mackiewicz-Łyziak and Ewa Stanisławska

Strong goal independence and inflation targets pp. 88-105

Ernst Baltensperger, Andreas Fischer and Thomas J. Jordan

Monetary policy by committee: Why and how? pp. 106-123

Alan Blinder

The timing of central bank communication pp. 124-145

Michael Ehrmann and Marcel Fratzscher

On the consistency and effectiveness of central bank communication: Evidence from the ECB pp. 146-175

Carlo Rosa and Giovanni Verga

Quest for central bank communication: Does it pay to be "talkative"? pp. 176-206

Marek Rozkrut, Krzysztof Rybinski, Lucyna Sztaba and Radoslaw Szwaja

Do financial markets react to Bank of England communication? pp. 207-227

Rachel Reeves and Michael Sawicki

The advantage of showing your hand selectively in foreign exchange interventions pp. 228-244

Richard Barnett and Saltuk Ozerturk

Were verbal efforts to support the euro effective? A high-frequency analysis of ECB statements pp. 245-259

David-Jan Jansen and Jakob de Haan