OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Comparative Economics is 7. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Political connection, corporate philanthropy and efficiency: Evidence from China’s anti-corruption campaign	67
The Washington consensus works: Causal effects of reform, 1970-2015	45
The effects of trade, aid, and investment on China's image in Latin America	37
The great Chinese inequality turnaround	37
Which sanctions matter? analysis of the EU/russian sanctions of 2014	35
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
Coups d’état and the cost of debt	25
Corruption and growth: Historical evidence, 1790–2010	25
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	21
Convergence, divergence, or multiple steady states? New evidence on the institutional development within the European Union	19
Non-commercial goals and financial performance of state-owned enterprises – some evidence from the electricity sector in the EU countries	19
Capitalist systems and income inequality	19
Political hierarchy and urban primacy: Evidence from China	18
Political elites and hometown favoritism in famine-stricken China	18
The joint effects of financial development and the business environment on firm growth: Evidence from Vietnam	17
Is international tax competition only about taxes? A market-based perspective	17
Scientific personnel reallocation and firm innovation: Evidence from China’s college expansion	16
The varying shadow of China's banking system	15
How local leaders matter: Inter-provincial leadership transfers and land transactions in China	15
Post-materialism and economic growth: Cultural backlash, 1981–2019	15
Culture, diversity, and the welfare state	15
Can bribery buy health? Evidence from post-communist countries	15

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