OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Comparative Economics is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
ACES membership form	60
Firms, kinship networks, and economic growth in the Kyrgyz Republic	53
Editorial Board	48
Voting from abroad: Assessing the impact of local turnout on migrants’ voting behavior	48
The moderating role of culture on the benefits of economic freedom: Cross-country analysis	47
Sexual exploitation of trafficked children: Survey evidence from child sex workers in Bangladesh	41
Judicial venality in Old Regime France: A rational choice analysis	40
Citizen empowerment through land reform	40
Professional motivation and the quantity–quality trade-off	38
Biting the hand that teaches: Unraveling the economic impact of banning private tutoring in China	36
Changes to our editorial board	36
The effects of elections on macroprudential policy	34
Political instability and households’ investment behavior: Evidence from Burkina Faso	31
Online teaching, gender differences and education outcomes: Evidence from Chinese urban high schools during the COVID-19	31
Epidemics, disease control, and China’s long-term development	30
The impact of foreign direct investment on innovation: Evidence from patent filings and citations in China	29
The motherhood penalty in China: Magnitudes, trends, and the role of grandparenting	26
Labor markets during war time: Evidence from online job advertisements	25
Youth responses to political populism: Education abroad as a step toward emigration	24
Preventing Islamic radicalization: Experimental evidence on anti-social behavior	23
Design and implementation of the price cap on Russian oil exports	23
Immigrant religious practices and criminality: The case of Ramadan	22
The effects of discriminatory protections on cross-border mergers and acquisitions	21
The growth of firms, markets and rents: Evidence from China	21
Does competition cause government decentralization? The case of state-owned enterprises	20

Fertility and maternal labor supply: Evidence from the new two-child policies in urban China	19
Political economy of real exchange rate levels	18
Effects of corruption on foreign direct investment: Evidence from Swedish multinational enterprises	18
Leaping into the dark: A model of policy gambles	17
The long-term effects of Protestant activities in China	17
The effects of female political participation on missing women: Evidence from the Egyptian protests of 2011–2014	17
Beyond climate and conflict relationships: New evidence from a Copula-based analysis on an historical perspective	17
Catholics, Protestants and Muslims: Similar work ethics, different social and political ethics	17
Constitutions, education and gender norms change: Evidence from Colombia	16
Diplomatic relations and agricultural trade	16
Phasing out: Routine tasks and retirement	16
Transparency and grand corruption: Lessons from the Colombia school meals program	14
Exchange rate disconnect and financial constraints —evidence from Chinese firms	14
Synchronized elections strengthen party salience: Evidence from a decentralized democracy	13
Globalization raises intergenerational inequality transmission in chinese villages	13
Intellectual property rights protection and firm innovation: Evidence from half million firms in China	13
Street-level responsiveness of city governments in China, Germany, and the United States	12
Editorial Board	12
Periods of uncertainty are linked to greater acceptance of minorities	12
Trade shocks, industrial growth, and electrification in early 20th-century China	11
The competence-loyalty tradeoff in China's political selection	11
Special issue announcement	11
Enfranchising non-citizens: What drives natives’ willingness to share power?	11
Hukou Matters: The heterogeneous local labor market effects of export expansions in China	11
Risk sharing and industrial specialization in China	11
The wise, the politician, and the strongman: Types of national leaders and quality of governance	11
Does the introduction of stock exchange markets boost economic growth in African countries?	11
Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Evidence from a large-scale vaccination experiment in China	11
Maternity support and child health: Unintended gendered effects	10
Fiscal adjustment in a panel of countries 1870–2016	10
A rising tide that lifts all boats: An analysis of economic freedom and inequality using matching methods	10
Land reform and illegal adoption of children	10
National identity, public goods, and modern economic development	10
The role of firms in the gender wage gap	10
ACES membership form	10
Gender minority: A non-pecuniary approach to political capital	10
Political survival, local accountability, and long-term development: Evidence from an authoritarian country	9
Mass migration and natives’ health at birth: Evidence from Syrian refugee inflows to Turkey	9
On the optimal size of a joint savings association	9
Defective democracy and the political budget cycle	9
Editorial Board	9
Intangible capital, the labour share and national ‘growth regimes’	9
Gendered language and gendered violence	9
The aggregate and distributional effects of immigration restrictions: The 1920s Quota Acts and the Great Black Migration	9
Misallocation across establishment gender	8
The effects of rainfall shocks on divorce requests: Evidence from Colonial Senegal	8
The origins of political institutions and property rights	7
Editorial Board	7
Foreign-assisted infrastructure and local employment: Evidence from China's aid to Africa	7
Conflict and social capital: Evidence from the Russian War against Ukraine	7

Hedging desperation: How kinship networks reduced cannibalism in historical China	7
Current expenditure upswings in good times and public investment downswings in bad times? New evidence from developing countries	7
Editorial Board	7
Post-materialism and economic growth: Cultural backlash, 1981–2019	7
Decentralization and trust in government: Quasi-experimental evidence from Ukraine	7
A theory of symbiotic corruption	7
Leadership vacuum and urban economic development: Evidence from a transition country	7
Societal diversity, group identities and their implications for tax morale	7
Editorial Board	6
Staying on top: Political cycles in private bank lending	6
The growth consequences of socialism	6
Editorial Board	6
The compulsory education law, female education and fertility: An empirical study in China	6
Capitalist systems and income inequality	6
Foreign direct investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from China	6
Measuring the attitude towards a European public budget: A cross-country experiment	6
Editorial Board	6
Gender equality in Asia and Europe during the 20th century: The role of socialism	6
Bureaucracy-business relationship, corruption and the implications for marketization	6
Does the early bird catch the worm? The effect of school starting age on educational attainment and labor market outcomes: Evidence from Chinese urban twins data	6
The cultural origins of family firms	6
ACES membership form	6
The impact of anti-corruption on mental health: Evidence from China	5
Migration networks, export shocks, and human capital acquisition: Evidence from China	5
The impact of educated leaders on economic development: Evidence from India	5
Canal and trade: Transportation infrastructure and market integration in China, 1780–1911	5
How does the Chinese communist party embrace the private sector?	5
Understanding trends in Chinese skill premiums, 2007–2018	5
Group composition of income types and the absolute-relative framing of public good contributions	5
The colonial legacy of education: Evidence from Tunisia	5
Persuasive propaganda during the 2015 Argentine Ballotage	5
Liberalizing reforms do not cause suicide: Causal estimation using matching, 1980–2019	5
Law and economic behaviour	5
Firms’ access to finance in resource-based countries and the financial resource curse	5
Open-source information and repression	5
Can past informality impede registered firms’ access to credit?	5
Can bribery buy health? Evidence from post-communist countries	4
Tariffs and growth: Heterogeneity by economic structure	4
A simple method to ex-ante quantify the unobservable effects of trade liberalization and trade protection	4
Editorial Board	4
ACES membership form	4
Demilitarization and economic growth: Empirical evidence in support of a peace dividend	4
Sleeping with the enemy: The perils of having the government on(the)board	4
Effects of public sector wages on corruption: Wage inequality matters	4
Perception of political instability in election periods: Evidence from African firms	4
The impact of health insurance on job location choice: Evidence from rural China	4
Can digital financial inclusion facilitate intergenerational income mobility? Evidence from China	4
The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices?	4
The impact of an online game-based financial education course: Multi-country experimental evidence	3
The effects of superstition on firms' investment behavior: Evidence from Vietnam, an irreligious country✰	3
Stuck outside the single market; Evidence from firms in central and eastern Europe	3
Education, desired fertility, and HIV/AIDS: Evidence from China’s compulsory schooling law	3
The making of the Greek fiscal state, 1833-1939	3
The joint effects of financial development and the business environment on firm growth: Evidence from Vietnam	3
Corporate governance and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from Russian unlisted firms	3
How can migration unequalize inheritance: Theory and insights from Bolivia	3
Stock liquidity and the signaling value of patents: Evidence from china's national equities exchange and quotations market	3
Economic effects of (non-)compliance with constitutions	3
Rebundling Institutions: How property rights and contracting institutions combine for growth	3
Editorial Board	3
Minimum wage spike and income underreporting: A back-of-the-envelope-wage analysis	3
Reducing tariff evasion: The role of trade facilitation	3