Economics of Governance

2000 - 2025

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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 A. Simon

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

Michele Battisti, Giovanni Bernardo, Andros Kourtellos and Andrea Mario Lavezzi

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

Yashobanta Parida and Joyita Roy Chowdhury

Volume 25, issue 4, 2024

Politics and city growth in Italy: Do connections matter? pp. 415-485

Gianluca Cerruti

The buffer role of emotions in international conflict: theoretical evidence supporting for patriotic education pp. 487-503

Zhengping Zhang

Volume 25, issue 3, 2024

Skimming the achieved? Quantifying the fiscal incentives of the German fiscal equalization scheme and its reforms since 1970 pp. 291-334

Yannick Bury, Lars Feld and Heiko T. Burret

Predicting satisfaction with democracy in Germany using local economic conditions, social capital, and individual characteristics pp. 335-377

Tim Friehe and Christian Pfeifer

Balance of power in a conflict model pp. 379-399

Ryota Tsuchiya

Sharing rules in rent-seeking contests with third-party intervention pp. 401-414

Friedhelm Hentschel

Volume 25, issue 2, 2024

Ideological ambiguity and political spectrum pp. 139-180

Hector Galindo-Silva

Governance and state-owned enterprises: how costly is corruption? pp. 181-208

Anja Baum, Clay Hacknay, Paulo Medas and Mouhamadou Sy

Can public efficiency increase tax morale? Evidence from 18 Latin American countries pp. 209-231

Víctor Mauricio Castañeda-Rodríguez and Gaetano Lisi

Preferences for social insurance: the role of job security and risk propensity pp. 233-255

Mauricio Bugarin and Yasushi Hazama

Environmental policy implementation, gender, and corruption pp. 257-290

Nabamita Dutta, Saibal Kar and Israt Jahan

Volume 25, issue 1, 2024

Legislative redistricting and the partisan distribution of transportation expenditure pp. 1-29

Walter Melnik

When does government debt make people happier? Evidence from panel data of 125 countries pp. 31-56

Haejo Kang and Dong-Eun Rhee

Central-local collaborative environmental governance and firm-level environmental performance: the role of firm ownership pp. 57-80

Shanshan Wu and C. Hueng

Corruption risk and political dynasties: exploring the links using public procurement data in the Philippines pp. 81-109

Daniel Bruno Davis, Ronald U. Mendoza and Jurel K. Yap

Political and non-political side activities in an agency framework pp. 111-137

Anthony Marino

Volume 24, issue 4, 2023

Corruption for competence pp. 399-420

Desiree Desierto

Incompetence and corruption in procurement auctions pp. 421-451

Krishnendu Dastidar and Sonakshi Jain

Alternative intervention mechanisms in rent-seeking contests pp. 453-471

Friedhelm Hentschel

Do young politicians make a difference? Evidence from local public expenditure in South Korea pp. 473-499

Hoyong Jung

Discipline by turnout pp. 501-518

Dong-Hee Joe

Ethnically asymmetric political representation and the provision of public goods: theory and evidence from Ethiopia pp. 519-547

Teferi Mergo, Alain-Désiré Nimubona and Horatiu Alin Rus

Younger CEO and older managers: focusing on tournament incentives pp. 549-573

Jun Yeung Hong, Sung Min Jeon and Gun Lee

Volume 24, issue 3, 2023

Crises and Community Resilience: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 259-261

Joshua Hall, Michael C. Carroll and Yang Zhou

Consolidated city–county governments and economic stability pp. 263-286

Josh Matti and Amir Borges Ferreira Neto

How does municipal governance structure affect innovation and knowledge diffusion? Evidence from U.S. metro areas pp. 287-330

Gary A. Wagner and Timothy M. Komarek

The Perils of Regulating COVID–19: Insights from Kirznerian Entrepreneurship and Ostromian Polycentricity pp. 331-355

Stefanie Haeffele, Jordan K. Lofthouse and Agustin Forzani

Does economic freedom lighten the blow? Evidence from the great recession in the United States pp. 357-398

Justin T. Callais and Jamie Bologna Pavlik

Volume 24, issue 2, 2023

Property rights, transaction costs, and the limits of the market pp. 143-176

Carmine Guerriero

Quantities vs. prices: monopoly regulation without transfer under asymmetric demand information pp. 177-205

Dan Wang, Peng Hao and Jiancheng Wang

Inside Buchanan's Samaritan's Dilemma: altruism, strategic courage and ethics of responsibility pp. 207-233

Stefano Dughera and Alain Marciano

Correction to: Inside Buchanan’s Samaritan’s Dilemma: altruism, strategic courage and ethics of responsibility pp. 235-236

Stefano Dughera and Alain Marciano

Strategic crackdown on organized crime by local governments pp. 237-257

Ken Yahagi and Susumu Cato

Volume 24, issue 1, 2023

CEO political orientation, risk taking, and firm performance: evidence from the U.S. property-liability insurance industry pp. 1-39

Sangyong Han and Kwangmin Jung

Incentives of a monopolist for innovation under regulatory threat pp. 41-66

Ismail Saglam

Heterogeneity, coordination and competition: the distribution of individual preferences in organisations pp. 67-107

Francisca Jiménez-Jiménez

Corporate income tax competition and efficient tax base equalization pp. 109-118

Mutsumi Matsumoto and Hikaru Ogawa

Honor among thieves: how nineteenth century American pirate publishers simulated copyright protection pp. 119-141

Ryan Safner