Comparative Economic Studies

1991 - 2025

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On the Origins and Persistent Effects of the World’s First Meritocratic Institution pp. 563-581: James Kai-sing Kung
Economic and Social Disparities across Subnational Regions of South America: A Spatial Convergence Approach pp. 582-605: Carlos Mendez-Guerra and Felipe Santos-Marquez
On the Measurement and Extent of Banks’ Political Connection in the Middle East and North Africa Region pp. 606-645: Rihem Braham, Christian Peretti and Lotfi Belkacem
The Devil is in the Details: On the Robust Determinants of Development Aid in G5 Sahel Countries pp. 646-680: Nimonka Bayale and Brigitte Kanga Kouassi
Discretionary Grants and Distributive Politics: Evidence from Spain pp. 681-709: Elena Jarocińska
Fiscal Consolidation, Social Sector Expenditures and Twin Deficit Hypothesis: Evidence from Emerging and Middle-Income Countries pp. 710-747: Amine Lahiani, Ameni Mtibaa and Foued Gabsi

40 Years of Dutch Disease Literature: Lessons for Developing Countries pp. 351-383: Edouard Mien and Michael Goujon
Real Exchange Rate Misalignments and Currency Crises in the Former Soviet Union Countries pp. 384-416: Viktar Dudzich
Short-Term Harm, Long-Term Prosperity? Democracy, Corruption and Foreign Direct Investments in Sino-African Economic Relations pp. 417-486: Sargis Karavardanyan
Socio-Economic and Political Challenges of EU Member Countries: Grasping the Policy Direction of the European Semester pp. 487-519: Sara Casagrande and Bruno Dallago
Economic Growth and Productivity Performance in Central Asia pp. 520-539: Mirzobobo Yormirzoev
High Corruption, Less Bank Efficiency? pp. 540-561: Francis Osei-Tutu

Growth Factors in Developed Countries: A 1960–2019 Growth Accounting Decomposition pp. 159-185: Gilbert Cette, Aurélien Devillard and Vincenzo Spiezia
Distributional Consequences of Monetary Policy in Emerging Economies: Dollarization, Domestic Inflation, and Income Divergence pp. 186-210: Zhandos Ybrayev
Determinants of Wealth Disparities in the EU: A Multi-scale Development Accounting Investigation pp. 211-254: Georges Daw
Macroeconomic Impacts of the US External Imbalances with Two Large Emerging Asian Economies: Japan (1970–1990) versus China (2000–2018) pp. 255-279: Ying Wu and Xin Deng
The Financial Crisis in 2008, the Stimulus Package, and Distortion of Financial Intermediation in China: A Survival Analysis Approach pp. 280-323: Moho Shiraishi and Go Yano
Wage Bargaining Coordination, Taxation and Labor Costs: The Effects of Fiscal Devaluation pp. 324-349: Mario Holzner, Maruška Vizek and Goran Vukšić

Productivity Dispersion, Misallocation, and Reallocation Frictions: Theory and Evidence from Policy Reforms pp. 1-43: J. David Brown, Emin Dinlersoz and John Earle
Overall US and Census Region β-Convergence 1963–2015 Controlling for Spatial Effects pp. 44-67: Vicente German-Soto and Gregory Brock
Local Skill Development from China’s Engagement in Africa: Comparative Evidence from the Construction Sector in Ghana pp. 68-85: Eugene Bempong Nyantakyi, Qingwei Meng and Matthew T. Palmer
Microfinance, Poverty and Education pp. 86-108: Asma Boussetta
Current Account Balance and Financial Development in MENA Countries: The Role of Institutions pp. 109-142: Rihab Bousnina and Foued Badr Gabsi
Does Peace Promote Bilateral Trade Flows? An Economic Analysis of Panel Data in Asian Perspective pp. 143-158: Ghulam Shabbir, Amjad Naveed, Muhammad Ali Khan and Shabib Haider Syed

Central Asian Economies: Thirty Years After Dissolution of the Soviet Union pp. 537-556: Richard Pomfret
Mortality in Russia Since the Fall of the Soviet Union pp. 557-576: Elizabeth Brainerd
Civil War, Famine and the Persistence of Human Capital: Evidence from Tajikistan pp. 577-602: Louise Grogan
Gender Regime and Women’s Employment in Kazakhstan pp. 603-622: Mieke Meurs, Maigul Nugmanova, Aizhan Salimzhanova and Stevie Marvin
Post-Soviet Agricultural Restructuring: A Success Story After All? pp. 623-647: Martin Petrick
The Extensive Margin of International Trade in a Transition Economy: The Case of Mongolia pp. 648-673: Chingunjav Amarsanaa and Yoshinori Kurokawa
János Kornai (1928–2021): One of the Intellectual Giants of the Twentieth Century pp. 674-678: Gérard Roland

Economic and Financial Adjustments in Europe: An Introduction pp. 337-338: Antonio Afonso, José Alves and Joao Jalles
Establishing a Fiscal Dialogue in Europe pp. 339-355: Jerome Creel
Taxation and Public Spending Efficiency: An International Comparison pp. 356-383: Antonio Afonso, Joao Jalles and Ana Venâncio
Globalization, Income Tax and the Redistribution–Progressivity Tradeoff pp. 384-410: Joel Hellier
The Expenditure Benchmark: Complex and Unsuitable for Independent Fiscal Institutions pp. 411-431: Carlos Fonseca Marinheiro
An Empirical Assessment of Monetary Policy Channels in Income and Wealth Disparities pp. 432-449: José Alves and Tomás Silva
Labour Productivity in State-Owned Enterprises pp. 450-465: Antonio Afonso, Maria Guedes and Pankaj C. Patel
How Can Culture Affect Taxation? A Postmaterialism Value Approach pp. 466-488: Nicolae-Bogdan Ianc and Thierry Baudassé
Fiscal Stimulus and Firms’ Sales and Capital Expenditure During the Global Financial Crisis pp. 489-535: Carolina Correa-Caro, Leandro Medina, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro and Bennett Sutton

COVID-19, Seignorage, Quantitative Easing and the Fiscal-Monetary Nexus pp. 181-199: Alex Cukierman
Investment in OECD Countries: a Primer pp. 200-223: Balázs Égert
Under Which Condition Does the Democratization of the Arab World Improve FDI? pp. 224-248: Nouha Bougharriou, Walid Benayed and Foued Badr Gabsi
Central Bank Capital and Credibility: A Literature Survey pp. 249-262: Atsushi Tanaka
Bubbling Away: Forecasting Real Estate Prices, Rents, and Bubbles in a Transition Economy pp. 263-317: Galina An, Charles Becker and Enoch Cheng
Is Islamic Banking More Procyclical? Cross-Country Evidence pp. 318-335: Laurent Weill and Alexandra Zins

Redistributive Politics in Russia: The Political Economy of Agricultural Subsidies pp. 1-30: Vasyl Kvartiuk and Thomas Herzfeld
Designing Labor Market Institutions in Emerging Market and Developing Economies: A Review of Evidence and IMF Policy Advice pp. 31-83: Romain Duval and Prakash Loungani
Promised Fiscal Expansions and Politics: A European Union Assessment pp. 84-116: Joao Jalles
Brexit or Euro for the UK? Evidence from Panel Data pp. 117-138: Petros E. Ioannatos
The Soft Budget Constraint at 40: Alternative Perspectives on Its Origins pp. 139-146: Michael Keren
Political Agreements and Exporting Activities: An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of the JCPOA Agreement on Iran’s Exports pp. 147-180: Ali Dadpay and Saleh S. Tabrizy