European Journal of Political Economy

Papers
(The median citation count of European Journal of Political Economy 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
The political economy of firm emissions: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China69
Rewarding good political behavior: US aid, democracy, and human rights61
Editorial Board55
Geopolitical spillover: The Russia–Ukraine invasion and its effects on money market funds45
Unpleasant surprises? Elections and tax news shocks44
Stock returns of federal reserve officials39
Political connections and post-disaster assistance in rural Vietnam35
Political tenure, term limits and corruption33
Income, growth, and democracy looking for the main causal directions in the nexus30
Spend on what? Insights on military spending efficiency29
Taxation with representation: Understanding natives’ attitudes to foreigners’ voting rights29
Editorial Board28
Logistic hubs and support for radical-right populism: Evidence from Italy28
Determinants of compliance with fiscal rules: Misplaced efforts or hidden motivations?28
Gender differences in politician persistence and incumbency advantage27
The political economy of lockdown: Does free media matter?25
Your vote is (no) secret! How low voter density hurts anonymity and biases elections in Italy24
Don't shoot yourself in the foot! A (real-effort task) experiment on income redistribution and voting23
The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on voter turnout22
Inequality aversion and government health expenditure20
Regulation and income inequality in the United States19
The perceived impact of immigration on native workers’ labour market outcomes18
Judicial independence: Why does de facto diverge from de jure?17
Education and tolerance towards Homosexuality—Evidence from China17
When citizens legalize drugs17
Perceived position on the social ladder and redistributive preferences – A survey experiment from the Kyrgyz Republic17
Hawks and Doves: Financial market perception of Western support for Ukraine17
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Democracy favors access to credit of firms16
Restrictions to civil liberties in a pandemic and satisfaction with democracy16
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Buy when there’s blood in the streets: How geopolitical adverse events can push defense stock returns to the extreme15
Reform windfall as redistribution: A survey experiment on redistributive preferences in contemporary China14
Political connections and participation in global value chains: Evidence from MENA firms14
Geopolitical risk and stock prices13
Term limits and corruption: Evidence from U.S. states13
Political instability and economic growth: Causation and transmission13
Discretion and public procurement outcomes in Europe*13
Lady Justice: The impact of female judges on jury trial verdicts in North Carolina12
Stock markets and economic uncertainty: Roles of legislative sessions and coalition strength12
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Geopolitical Risks, Political Tensions and the European Economy12
The effect of ethnic diversity on the participation in social groups: Evidence from trade unions12
Doom loop, trilemma, and moral hazard: Which narrative of the banking union did stock market investors buy?12
Threshold of shadows: Unveiling organised crime in Italian municipal public procurement12
Black representation and the popular legitimacy of the Federal Reserve12
Political competition in dynamic economies11
Political polarization and international cooperation11
Corruption and assortative matching of partners in international trade11
When do more selfish politicians manipulate less, not more?11
Electoral competition with fake news10
Preference for redistribution during structural change with labor mobility frictions10
Chinese aid in Africa: Attitudes and conflict10
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Scarring effects of major economic downturns: The role of fiscal policy and government investment10
Why do (some) ordinary Americans support tax cuts for the rich? Evidence from a randomised survey experiment10
The heterogeneous effects of internet voting10
The impact of economic sanctions on bilateral mergers and acquisitions10
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Non-trade provisions in trade agreements and FDI10
Why do voters elect criminal politicians?10
Bureaucracy and labor market inefficiency: A contest model10
Farewell President! Political favoritism, economic inequality, and political polarization10
The consequences of CIA-sponsored regime change in Latin America10
Clearing the smog ceiling: The impact of women’s political empowerment on air quality in European regions10
Press freedom, market information, and international trade10
Macroeconomic effects from media coverage of the China–U.S. trade war on selected EU countries10
The institutional impact of left-leaning populism in Latin America10
Party selectors, voters, and the choice of productive representatives under different types of list proportional representation9
Does a district mandate matter for the behavior of politicians? An analysis of roll-call votes and parliamentary speeches9
Flooding the vote: Heterogeneous voting responses to a natural disaster in Germany9
Does inter-municipal cooperation reduce the intensity of tax competition? Evidence on inter-local industrial parks in Germany9
State building and social control9
Pension reform preferences in Germany: Does information matter?9
Financial openness, capital rents and income inequality9
How do recruiters assess applicants who express a political engagement?9
Dominance and technology war9
Career incentives of local leaders and crisis response: A case study of COVID-19 lockdowns in China9
Silver lining of the water: The role of government relief assistance in disaster recovery9
Rules alone won't do: Empirical evidence on sanction mechanisms of fiscal rules and political budget cycles9
Electoral corruption cycles: Separating perceptions and experiences across households and experts9
Leaders, factions and the determinants of electoral success9
Strategic compromise, policy bundling and interest group power: Theory and evidence on education policy9
The transition of education a cross-country macro analysis9
Do strong oligopolies reverse Green Paradox effects?8
Wage bargaining structure and political budget cycles: A policy game approach8
An unconsidered leave? Inequality aversion and the brexit referendum8
Social mobility and political stability8
Physical vs. institutional public goods provision: Evidence from China8
Getting it right: Communication, voting, and collective truth finding8
Self-selecting candidates or compelling voters: How organized crime affects political selection8
Why do people from wealthy countries migrate?8
Corrupt reserve prices8
Bread and the dilemmas of socialist paternalism in Israel, 1948–19778
Fear of inflation and gender representation in central banking8
Gloomy future, gloomy sky: Promotion incentives and pollution in China8
Revisiting the relationship between economic freedom and development to account for statistical deception by autocratic regimes8
Economic freedom and the greenhouse gas Kuznets curve7
The consequences of hosting asylum seekers for citizens’ policy preferences7
The effect of international development association's (IDA) aid on conflict. A fuzzy regression discontinuity approach7
Decentralization, social capital, and regional growth: The case of the Italian North-South divide7
Editorial Board7
Does government spending efficiency improve fiscal sustainability?7
Social media networks, fake news, and polarization7
Consequences of Thailand’s 2006 military coup: Evidence from the synthetic control method7
The “German Vote” and its consequences: (Un)reliable parties in multilateral bargaining under private information7
Immigration vs. poverty: Causal impact on demand for redistribution in a survey experiment7
Debt policies in the aftermath of COVID-19 — The SGP’s debt benchmark revisited7
Islamist terrorism and the status of women7
Legislators in the crossfire: Strategic non-voting and the effect of transparency7
Local connectivity and corruption: Micro evidence from China7
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Upstream effects of female political reservations7
Measuring partisan media bias in US newscasts from 2001 to 20127
Beyond the party push: Gender differences in voters’ persuasion7
Identity, social media and online political activism7
Bias and careers: Evidence from the aid effectiveness literature7
Fiscal federalism and Cohesion Policy in the European Union NUTS-2 regions7
Transitive delegation in social networks: Theory and experiment7
Googling ‘inflation’: Household inflation attention across the euro area7
Globalization and fiscal policy after financial crises6
Are the supporters of socialism the losers of capitalism? Conformism in East Germany and transition success6
Electoral democracy, corruption, and tax evasion6
Openness and the welfare state: risk and income effects in protection without protectionism6
OECD pension reform: The role of demographic trends and the business cycle6
Breaking the silence: The effects of online social movements on gender-based violence6
Defending election victory by attacking company revenues: The impact of elections on the international defense industry6
Tax liability side equivalence and time delayed externalities6
The grass is always greener on the other side: (Unfair) inequality and support for democracy6
The impact of income inequality on public environmental expenditure with green consumers6
Empowering the next generation: The role of direct democracy in youth enfranchisement6
Consistent flexibility: Enforcement of deficit rules through political incentives6
Regime change and critical junctures6
Short-term rental bans and the hotel industry: Evidence from New York city6
Transition to broader-based politics: The role of suffrage extension in early 20th century Japan6
The 2015 refugee inflow and concerns over immigration6
Assessing the joint risks of fiscal crises and climate change6
Crash for cash: Offshore financial destinations and IMF programs6
Governments manipulate official Statistics: Institutions matter6
Non-random selection into entrepreneurship in the realm of government decentralization and corruption6
Choosing not to lead: Monetary incentives and political selection in local parliamentary systems6
Part-time parliamentarians? Evidence from outside earnings and parliamentary activities6
The impact of distance on parochial altruism: An experimental investigation5
Household expectations and dissent among policymakers5
Comparative politics with intraparty candidate selection5
Equilibrium communication in political scandals5
Political parties’ ideological bias and convergence in economic outcomes5
Can biased polls distort electoral results? Evidence from the lab5
Short and long run democracy diffusion5
Religiosity and political participation - Panel data evidence from post-communist Poland5
Pro-growth inefficiency: Rents and moral hazard in infrastructure contests in China5
Do your tax problems make tax evasion seem more justifiable? Evidence from a survey experiment5
Exploring macroeconomic imbalances through EU Alert Mechanism Reports5
Does clarity make central banks more engaging? Lessons from ECB communications5
Social welfare and the group size paradox5
Revisiting the nexus between fiscal decentralization and government size - The role of ethnic fragmentation5
On the duration of empires5
Television market size and political accountability in the U.S. House of Representatives5
Trust in a national anti-corruption agency: A survey experiment among citizens and experts5
Political voice on monetary policy: Evidence from the parliamentary hearings of the European Central Bank5
Politically induced uncertainty and asset-market valuation5
Do appointing institutions influence monetary policy? Evidence from voting patterns in the Polish Monetary Policy Council5
Editorial Board5
Direct elections and trust in state and political institutions: Evidence from Indonesia's election reform5
Movin’ on up? A survey experiment on mobility enhancing policies4
A social image theory of information acquisition, opinion formation, and voting4
Predicting scandal4
Municipal electoral competition and the economic condition of households: Evidence from the slums of Kolkata4
Local labour market conditions and electoral behaviour: An instrumental variable approach from Italy4
Political referenda and investment: Evidence from Scotland4
Dynamics of protest: Understanding violent and nonviolent protest in Africa4
Kicking the can down the road? A real-time data analysis of delayed fiscal consolidation4
Inequality, conspiracy theories, and redistribution4
Assessing the ethics of prison policies to ensure human rights compliance: Suicides and self-inflicted critical events in Italian prisons4
Strategic voting on tax policy: Direct vs representative democracy in the laboratory4
Does expert information affect citizens’ attitudes toward Corona policies? Evidence from Germany4
Geopolitical shocks and commodity market dynamics: New evidence from the Russia-Ukraine conflict4
Emigrants’ missing votes4
Politics of trade protection in an autocracy: Evidence from an EU tariff liberalization in Morocco4
Assessing policy co-ordination in government: Text and network analysis of the UK's economic strategies4
The effect of international sanctions on the size of the middle class in Iran4
Political alliances and trade: Europe in a polarized world4
Environmental regulation, political incentives, and mortality in China4
A corruption risk indicator for public procurement4
The economic consequences of businesspeople in politics: A survey4
Sharing the gains of transition: Evaluating changes in income inequality and redistribution in Poland using combined survey and tax return data4
Kinship ties and female political participation: The case of Philippine mayors4
One money, one voice? Evaluating ideological positions of euro area central banks4
Intergovernmental grants and local public finance: An empirical examination in Israel4
The distributional impact of local banking. Evidence from the financial and sovereign-debt crises4
Fiscal rules, capital controls, and cross-border financial integration4
The political economy of government spending: Fiscal rules, sustainability, and political cycles4
Should you want an educated mayor? Evidence from close elections in Italy4
Shock absorption via savings in the EMU: The role of international and public mechanisms4
Can internet surveys represent the entire population? A practitioners’ analysis4
The generation gap in direct democracy: Age vs. cohort effects4
Women’s voice on redistribution: From gender equality to equalizing taxation4
The dynamics of revolutions4
Social media campaigning and voter behavior–evidence for the German federal election 20214
Crime and social expenditure: A political economic approach4
Unleashing potential: Model-based reform benchmarking for EU Member States4
Belonging or estrangement—The European Refugee Crisis and its effects on immigrant identity4
Jumping on the bandwagon and off the Titanic: An experimental study of turnout in two-tier voting3
Presidential versus parliamentary: Political system and stock market volatility3
On the side effects of fiscal policy: Fiscal rules and income inequality3
Conflict, information and regime-change3
Italy’s demographic trap: Voting for childcare subsidies and fertility outcomes3
Optimal favoritism and maximal revenue: A generalized result3
Assessing the efficacy of China's anti-corruption drive: Insights from consumer expenditure patterns3
“Whatever It Takes!” How tonality of TV-news affected government bond yield spreads during the European debt crisis3
Trust in the ECB: Drivers and consequences3
Don’t blame the government!? An assessment of debt forecast errors with a view to the EU Economic Governance Review3
Do as I say, not as I do? Economists policymakers and fiscal consolidation3
Editorial Board3
Baumol’s migrants: Productive and unproductive entrepreneurship and between-MSA migration3
Comparing voting methods: 2016 US presidential election3
The effect of increased women's legislative representation on women's well-being3
Court-packing and judicial manipulation3
On the behavioral impacts of violence: Evidence from incentivized games in Kenya3
Ideological spillovers across the Atlantic? Evidence from Trump's presidential election3
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Coherence of output gaps in the euro area: The impact of the COVID-19 shock3
Corruption and reforms: Are liberal democracies different?3
Reprint of: Presidential versus parliamentary: Political system and stock market volatility3
Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America3
Political advertising and consumer sentiment: Evidence from U.S. presidential elections3
Weapons and influence: Unpacking the impact of Chinese arms exports on the UNGA voting alignment3
The revolving door of former civil servants and firm value: A comprehensive approach3
(Mis-)Perceptions, information, and political polarization: A survey and a systematic literature review3
Risk preferences and refugee migration to Europe: An experimental analysis3
Reinforcing each other: How the combination of European and domestic reforms increased competition in liberalized industries3
The effects of IMF conditional programs on the unemployment rate3
Labor market institutions and preferences for redistribution3
Politics in the facebook era. Evidence from the 2016 US presidential elections3
Women at work: Gender quotas, municipal elections and local spending3
Official fiscal forecasts in EU member states under the European Semester and Fiscal Compact – An empirical assessment2
Do longer constitutions corrupt?2
Framing of economic news and policy support during a pandemic: Evidence from a survey experiment2
Social trust and the advanced aspects of social progress. Evidence for the European regions2
Obedience to the symbol of authority: Experimental evidence on the symbolic source of legitimate authority2
Democratic engagement in the shadow of authoritarian repression: Evidence from Chile (2019–2023)2
The causal effects of rule of law & property rights on fiscal capacity2
Rule of law and economic performance: A meta-regression analysis2
Letting third parties who suffer from petty corruption talk: Evidence from a collusive bribery experiment2
Do party ties increase transfer receipts in cooperative federalism? – Evidence from Germany2
Love on the rocks: The causal effects of separatist governments in Quebec2
Voting under threat: Evidence from the 2020 French local elections2
Stock market spillovers of global risks and hedging opportunities2
To act or not to Act? Political competition under different types of backward-looking voters2
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