Economics of Governance

2000 - 2026

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Volume 27, issue 1, 2026

Does the informal economy undermine political stability? Empirical evidence from global perspectives pp. 1-34

Muhammad Salah Uddin, Mohammad Ismayl Al Masud, Md Roknuzzaman, Mohammad Ahsan Habib and Md. Al Amin

The role of internal governance competence in mitigating ESG greenwashing: insights from emerging markets pp. 1-32

Asif Ali, Bilal Haider Subhani and Shen Zunhuan

Signaling firm ESG performance to attract global talent: the influence of home country information transparency and sustainability performance pp. 1-32

Anthony Kuo, Donna Chien, Ming-Sung Kao and Chih-Wei Fred Chao

Green public procurement and corporate green innovation: a moderating effect of internal and external governance pp. 1-28

Chuqing Zhang

From complexity to resilience: the role of regional knowledge in reducing China’s local government debt risk pp. 1-28

Fengxia Hao, Yuqin Wang and Yong Li

The impact of decentralization on the efficiency of grassroots government public services: evidence from the province-managing-county reform in China pp. 1-28

Tingting Zhang, Haifeng Zhang and Wen Sun

Fiscal consequences of terrorism in Africa: a direct and indirect approach pp. 1-41

Charles Christian Atangana Zambo, Bruno Emmanuel Ongo Nkoa and Yves Patrice Etogo Nyaga

Navigating geopolitical risk: non-linear impacts and policy strategies for environmental sustainability pp. 1-41

Monica Singhania, Anisha and Amar Rao

How does China's local fiscal decentralization promote common prosperity? An analysis of the mediating role of rural revitalization pp. 1-30

Ziqiao Shu and Sanghyeon Ju

More transparency, more compliance? Digital government services and corporate tax avoidance pp. 1-25

Lihui Tian and Dan Wang

The extractive sector and illicit financial flows in Africa: mechanisms and policy implications for transparency and governance pp. 1-25

Guivis Nkemgha

Does municipality’s self-generated income influence the efficiency of its public spending? pp. 1-25

Djondandi Wangbara, Gautier Tchoffo Tameko and Bruno Emmanuel Ongo Nkoa

Governance and inequality in Latin America: is there evidence of an institutional Kuznets curve? pp. 1-39

Fernando Martin-Mayoral and María Gabriela Peñaherrera Plúa

Territorial inequalities in school accessibility: public and private governance in Italy pp. 1-39

Massimiliano Agovino, Maria D’Avino, Aniello Ferraro and Katia Marchesano

Unveiling structural patterns of global budget transparency using advanced machine learning and explainable artificial intelligence frameworks pp. 1-39

Sadullah Çelik, Sercan Yavan and Gamze Çimen

Fiscal shocks and subnational government finances: evidence from Indian states pp. 1-22

Abhishek Singh and Amlendu Dubey

Optimising the decision threshold in a weighted voting system: the case of the IMF’s Board of Governors pp. 1-22

Dóra Petróczy

A model of religious identities and income redistribution: from the Lebanese Civil War to the Taif Agreement pp. 1-22

Ghassan Dibeh and Stephanie Karam

Impact of artificial intelligence on economic growth: analyzing the role of governance in shaping outcomes across economies pp. 1-49

Suresh Kumar Patra, Tanu Dixit and Kamal Jit Jangid

Incentive contracts, cotton yield, and career advancement of regional leaders in Uzbekistan: a principal-agent analysis pp. 1-23

Zafar Nazarov

The role of democracy and institutional quality on environmental performance: empirical evidence using a stochastic directional distance model pp. 1-31

Pasquale Marcello Falcone and Cristian Barra

Effective management structures for offshore manufacturing: centralization vs. decentralization pp. 1-24

Micah Mainala, Yan-Shu Lin and Dang-Long Bui

Religion and corruption: Are there any saints? pp. 1-40

Oasis Kodila-Tedika

Elections and (mis)reporting of COVID-19 mortality: a quasi-natural experiment pp. 1-40

Parrendah Adwoa Kpeli, Günther G. Schulze and Nikita Zakharov

Accumulation rule of fiscal slack and mimicking behavior in local public finance: evidence from Japan’s municipalities pp. 1-35

Izuru Maeda and Takahiro Tsukamoto

Incumbent policy strategy and the value of winning pp. 1-27

Christian Cox and Ian Shapiro

Beyond the veil: unpacking money laundering through economic models, emerging technologies, and government capture pp. 1-29

Raffaella Barone and Friedrich Schneider

New types infrastructure construction, governmental peer effects, and regional carbon emission reduction pp. 1-29

Qianqian Wang

The corporate tax–economic growth nexus: the role of institutional quality pp. 1-29

Hoyong Jung

Corporate governance and ESG integration: pathways to sustainability in European companies pp. 1-43

Pilar Pérez Escamez, José Manuel Santos-Jaén, Dolores Gallardo-Vázquez and Isabel Martínez-Conesa

The timing of opportunism: political cycles under binding fiscal rules in Brazil pp. 1-20

Débora Ferreira, Rodrigo Schneider, Mauricio Bugarin and Mauricio Bugarin

Syndication, investment horizon, and managerial effort in venture capital pp. 1-18

George Geronikolaou

Volume 26, issue 4, 2025

Too much science pp. 469-490

Giuseppe Pernagallo

Compliance and effectiveness of alcohol prohibition: evidence from India pp. 491-526

Ghanshyam Sharma

The integration of ecosystem-based management in EU fisheries governance: challenges and opportunities pp. 527-558

Mohd Alsaleh and Xiaohui Wang

Legal forms and regulatory responses: a comparative analysis of S and C corporation community banks pp. 559-590

Shi Qi and Sepideh Raei

How does information consumption pilot policy affect climate-friendly technological innovation? Evidence from China pp. 591-623

Yan Peng and Jiao Geng

Trust in municipal government and recycling behavior pp. 625-650

Maria Carmela Aprile and Damiano Fiorillo

Volume 26, issue 3, 2025

Exploring determinants and development paths of rural economy from sustainable common-pool resource governance perspective pp. 271-311

Jiayi Wang

Unveiling the myth of economies of scale in local government: empirical evidence from interpretable machine learning pp. 313-335

Kun Wang and Jujun Zhao

Too many hats? The impact of board members affiliations on firm performance pp. 337-370

Huy Viet Hoang

Property rights, transaction costs and economic outcomes pp. 371-400

Yasir Amin

Tackling tax base erosion in developing countries: Does information exchange initiative make a difference? pp. 401-437

Nourat Al Hayat Guigma

State-level political environments and executive compensation in the United States: evidence on pay inequality pp. 439-467

Jiyoung Park, Jiyoon Lee and Jessika Holtta

Volume 26, issue 2, 2025

Do austerity policies reduce public debt? An analysis on twelve Eurozone countries pp. 139-162

Giorgio Liotti, Marco Musella and Ferdinando Ofria

Endogenous timing of decentralized leadership with heterogeneous spillovers pp. 163-183

Nobuo Akai and Takahiro Watanabe

Democracy, economic development and air pollution: insights from global evidence pp. 185-209

Thi Tuyet Thanh Le and Cong Minh Huynh

On the mediating effect of foreign direct investment in the relationship between governance and economic growth: evidence from selected African countries pp. 211-242

Amenu Leta Duguma, Xiuguang Bai, Agerie Nega Wassihun and Bacha Gebissa Negeri

Anti-corruption and firm-level green total factor productivity pp. 243-270

Zhe Zhao, Yi Zhang, Tao Huang, Zeyu Sun and Shuang Liu

Volume 26, issue 1, 2025

Fiscal decentralization and preference heterogeneity: revisiting the decentralization theorem pp. 1-22

Takeshi Miyazaki

Paternalism attitudes and the happiness value of fundamental freedoms pp. 23-56

Kai A. Konrad and Sven Simon

Unearthing the nexus: latifundia, earthquakes, and the emergence of the Sicilian Mafia pp. 57-91

Michele Battisti, Giovanni Bernardo, Andros Kourtellos and Andrea Lavezzi

Effects of election and natural disaster mortality on calamity relief spending in India pp. 93-138

Yashobanta Parida and Joyita Roy Chowdhury