OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Comparative Economics is 2. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Political connection, corporate philanthropy and efficiency: Evidence from China’s anti-corruption campaign	68
The Washington consensus works: Causal effects of reform, 1970-2015	50
The effects of trade, aid, and investment on China's image in Latin America	40
Which sanctions matter? analysis of the EU/russian sanctions of 2014	40
The great Chinese inequality turnaround	39
Coups d’état and the cost of debt	30
Social heterogeneity and local bias in peer-to-peer lending – evidence from China	28
Lineage networks, urban migration and income inequality: Evidence from rural China	26
Corruption and growth: Historical evidence, 1790–2010	26
Gender discrimination in China: Experimental evidence from the job market for college graduates	23
The deep historical roots of modern culture: A comparative perspective	23
Does foreign technology transfer spur domestic innovation? Evidence from the high-speed rail sector in China	22
Non-commercial goals and financial performance of state-owned enterprises – some evidence from the electricity sector in the EU countries	21
Capitalist systems and income inequality	21
The joint effects of financial development and the business environment on firm growth: Evidence from Vietnam	20
Political hierarchy and urban primacy: Evidence from China	20
Convergence, divergence, or multiple steady states? New evidence on the institutional development within the European Union	19
Political elites and hometown favoritism in famine-stricken China	18
Is international tax competition only about taxes? A market-based perspective	18
The varying shadow of China's banking system	16
Scientific personnel reallocation and firm innovation: Evidence from China’s college expansion	16
Can bribery buy health? Evidence from post-communist countries	16
How local leaders matter: Inter-provincial leadership transfers and land transactions in China	16
Authoritarian transparency: China's missing cases in court disclosure	16
Post-materialism and economic growth: Cultural backlash, 1981–2019	15

Women's political leadership and economic empowerment: Evidence from public works in India	15
Culture, diversity, and the welfare state	15
Domestic segment of global value chains in China under state capitalism	15
School entry age and educational attainment in developing countries: Evidence from China's compulsory education law	14
The impact of foreign direct investment on innovation: Evidence from patent filings and citations in China	14
Government ideology and economic freedom	14
Roman roads to prosperity: Persistence and non-persistence of public infrastructure	13
Corporate governance and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from Russian unlisted firms	13
The economic effects of international sanctions: An event study	12
The political agenda effect and state centralization	12
Fear Not For Man? Armed conflict and social capital in Mali	12
Anti-muslim bias in the Chinese labor market	12
The legacy of state socialism on attitudes toward immigration	12
Does violence against civilians depress voter turnout? Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina	12
Fertility and maternal labor supply: Evidence from the new two-child policies in urban China	12
Coups, regime transitions, and institutional consequences	12
The competence-loyalty tradeoff in China's political selection	11
The gender gap in competitive chess across countries: Commanding queens in command economies	11
The moderating role of culture on the benefits of economic freedom: Cross-country analysis	11
Rich or alive? Political (in)stability, political leader selection and economic growth	11
Firms and wage inequality in Central and Eastern Europe	11
Religious rules as a means of strengthening family ties: Theory and evidence from the Amish	11
Democratic transitions can attract foreign direct investment: Effect, trajectories, and the role of political risk	11
The long-term effects of Protestant activities in China	10
Unfair inequality, governance and individual beliefs	10
The role of oil in the allocation of foreign aid: The case of the G7 donors	10
The role of firms in the gender wage gap	10
The intergenerational transmission of historical conflicts: An application to China’s trade	9
The origins of political institutions and property rights	9
The effects of elections on macroprudential policy	9
Violence exposure and poverty: Evidence from the Burundi civil war	9
You are suffocating me: Firm-level analysis of state-owned enterprises and private investment	9
Enfranchising non-citizens: What drives natives’ willingness to share power?	9
Picking winners? Government subsidies and firm productivity in China	9
The effect of regulating political connections: Evidence from China's board of directors ban	9
The effects of labor regulation on firms and exports: Evidence from Indian apparel manufacturing	8
Does competition cause government decentralization? The case of state-owned enterprises	8
Road to productivity: Effects of roads on total factor productivity in Indian manufacturing	8
Access to local citizenship and internal migration in a developing country: Evidence from a Hukou reform in China	8
Shutdown policies and conflict worldwide	8
Exchange rate disconnect and financial constraints —evidence from Chinese firms	8
The trade effects of skilled versus unskilled migration	8
Media’s role in the making of a democrat: Evidence from East Germany	7
Reducing tariff evasion: The role of trade facilitation	7
Mapping the theory of political representation to the empirics: An investigation for proportional and majoritarian rules	7
Riding out of a financial crisis: The joint effect of trust and corporate ownership	7
The effect of non-employment-based health insurance program on firm's offering of health insurance: Evidence from the social health insurance system in China	7
The politics of experimentation: Political competition and randomized controlled trials	7
Θ The cultural transmission of trust norms: Evide	6
Bribes vs. taxes: Market structure and incentives	6

Touch thee not: Group conflict, caste power and untouchability in rural India	6
More federal legislators lead to more resources for their constituencies: Evidence from exogenous differences in seat allocations	6
Distressed acquisitions: Evidence from European emerging markets	6
Sexual exploitation of trafficked children: Survey evidence from child sex workers in Bangladesh	6
The origins of agricultural inheritance traditions	5
Foreign direct investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from China	5
Wage and unemployment: Evidence from online job vacancy data	5
Labor market dynamics in urban China and the role of the state sector	5
Foreign investment regulation and firm productivity: Granular evidence from Indonesia	5
Trust in government in times of crisis: A quasi-experiment during the two world wars✰	5
The effects of immigration restriction laws on immigrant segregation in the early twentieth century U.S.	4
Has globalization shrunk manufacturing labor share in transition economies?	4
Geopolitical fragmentation and trade	4
The welfare effects of FDI: A quantitative analysis	4
Do wages grow with experience? Deciphering the Russian puzzle	4
Human capital accumulation: Evidence from immigrants in low-income countries	4
The wise, the politician, and the strongman: Types of national leaders and quality of governance	4
Learning from processing trade: Firm evidence from China	4
Decentralization and trust in government: Quasi-experimental evidence from Ukraine	4
Your misfortune is also mine: Land expropriation, property rights insecurity, and household behaviors in rural China	4
Defective democracy and the political budget cycle	4
Markups and income inequality: Causal links, 1975-2011	4
The causal effects of parents’ schooling on children's schooling in urban China	4
Rules versus norms: How formal and informal institutions shape judicial sentencing cycles	4
Unveiling the effects of a headscarf ban: Evidence from municipal jobs in Turkey	4
Past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes in Europe	4
The trade-off between risk and incentives in fiscal federalism: Evidence from China	4
Political survival, local accountability, and long-term development: Evidence from an authoritarian country	4
Decentralization of firms in a country with weak institutions: Evidence from Russia	4
A rising tide that lifts all boats: An analysis of economic freedom and inequality using matching methods	4
Measuring human capital in middle income countries	4
Current expenditure upswings in good times and public investment downswings in bad times? New evidence from developing countries	3
Near-real time analysis of war and economic activity during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine	3
How does stock liquidity affect corporate tax noncompliance? Evidence from China✰	3
Informal institution meets child development: Clan culture and child labor in China	3
Redistribution of Economic Resources due to Conflict: The Maoist Uprising in Nepal	3
The influence of colonialism on Africa's welfare: An anthropometric study	3
Regional (in)stability in Europe a quantitative model of state fragmentation	3
Going postal: State capacity and violent dispute resolution	3
Minimum wage spike and income underreporting: A back-of-the-envelope-wage analysis	3
Political salaries, electoral selection and the incumbency advantage: Evidence from a wage reform	3
The impact of health insurance on job location choice: Evidence from rural China	3
The effects of discriminatory protections on cross-border mergers and acquisitions	3
Outsiders, insiders and interventions in the housing market	3
The effect of primary school type on the high school opportunities of migrant children in China	3
Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania	2
Firms’ access to finance in resource-based countries and the financial resource curse	2
The long-term effects of the slave trade on political violence in Sub-Saharan Africa	2
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	2
Stuck outside the single market; Evidence from firms in central and eastern Europe	2
Crony capitalism, the party-state, and the political boundaries of corruption	2
Ancestry and international trade	2
Pandemic knowledge and regulation effectiveness: Evidence from COVID-19	2
Historical roots of political extremism: The effects of Nazi occupation of Italy	2
Effects of corruption on foreign direct investment: Evidence from Swedish multinational enterprises	2
Perception of political instability in election periods: Evidence from African firms	2
Preventing Islamic radicalization: Experimental evidence on anti-social behavior	2
Topography, borders, and trade across Europe	2
Staying on top: Political cycles in private bank lending	2
The timing of first marriage and subsequent life outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment	2
The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices?	2
Wage inequality and skill supplies in a globalised world	2
Dark side of environmental regulation: Wage inequality cost	2
Political economy of real exchange rate levels	2
The effects of EU-funded enterprise grants on firms and workers	2
Mass protests, security-elite defection, and revolution	2
The company you keep: Satisfaction with life, economic freedom, and preference-policy mismatch	2
Educational opportunity and children's migration: Evidence from China's Gaokao reform for children of migrant families	2
Divesting under Pressure: U.S. firms’ exit in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine	2
The unintended harms of infrastructure: Opium and road construction in Afghanistan	2
The puzzling politics of R&D: Signaling competence through risky projects	2
Import competition, fast-track authority and U.S. policy toward China	2
Regional migration and wage inequality in the West African economic and monetary union	2
Beyond climate and conflict relationships: New evidence from a Copula-based analysis on an historical perspective	2
When the message hurts: The unintended impacts of nudges on saving	2