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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Washington consensus works: Causal effects of reform, 1970-2015	66
Which sanctions matter? analysis of the EU/russian sanctions of 2014	48
The effects of trade, aid, and investment on China's image in Latin America	44
The great Chinese inequality turnaround	42
Corruption and growth: Historical evidence, 1790–2010	32
Does foreign technology transfer spur domestic innovation? Evidence from the high-speed rail sector in China	29
Gender discrimination in China: Experimental evidence from the job market for college graduates	28
Non-commercial goals and financial performance of state-owned enterprises – some evidence from the electricity sector in the EU countries	27
Political hierarchy and urban primacy: Evidence from China	27
Capitalist systems and income inequality	26
The impact of foreign direct investment on innovation: Evidence from patent filings and citations in China	24
The joint effects of financial development and the business environment on firm growth: Evidence from Vietnam	23
Political elites and hometown favoritism in famine-stricken China	22
Is international tax competition only about taxes? A market-based perspective	21
Convergence, divergence, or multiple steady states? New evidence on the institutional development within the European Union	21
Authoritarian transparency: China's missing cases in court disclosure	20
The varying shadow of China's banking system	20
The economic effects of international sanctions: An event study	20
How local leaders matter: Inter-provincial leadership transfers and land transactions in China	19
Culture, diversity, and the welfare state	19
Roman roads to prosperity: Persistence and non-persistence of public infrastructure	19
Post-materialism and economic growth: Cultural backlash, 1981–2019	18
The role of firms in the gender wage gap	18
Does violence against civilians depress voter turnout? Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina	18
Can bribery buy health? Evidence from post-communist countries	18

Fertility and maternal labor supply: Evidence from the new two-child policies in urban China	17
Domestic segment of global value chains in China under state capitalism	17
Coups, regime transitions, and institutional consequences	17
Government ideology and economic freedom	16
Corporate governance and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from Russian unlisted firms	16
School entry age and educational attainment in developing countries: Evidence from China's compulsory education law	15
Democratic transitions can attract foreign direct investment: Effect, trajectories, and the role of political risk	14
Firms and wage inequality in Central and Eastern Europe	13
Picking winners? Government subsidies and firm productivity in China	13
The legacy of state socialism on attitudes toward immigration	13
The political agenda effect and state centralization	13
Access to local citizenship and internal migration in a developing country: Evidence from a Hukou reform in China	12
The moderating role of culture on the benefits of economic freedom: Cross-country analysis	12
The gender gap in competitive chess across countries: Commanding queens in command economies	12
The competence-loyalty tradeoff in China's political selection	12
The origins of political institutions and property rights	12
Geopolitical fragmentation and trade	11
Does competition cause government decentralization? The case of state-owned enterprises	11
The effect of regulating political connections: Evidence from China's board of directors ban	11
Road to productivity: Effects of roads on total factor productivity in Indian manufacturing	10
Informal institution meets child development: Clan culture and child labor in China	10
Enfranchising non-citizens: What drives natives’ willingness to share power?	10
The long-term effects of Protestant activities in China	10
The intergenerational transmission of historical conflicts: An application to China’s trade	9
Exchange rate disconnect and financial constraints —evidence from Chinese firms	9
Θ The cultural transmission of trust norms: Evide	9
Violence exposure and poverty: Evidence from the Burundi civil war	9
The politics of experimentation: Political competition and randomized controlled trials	9
Reducing tariff evasion: The role of trade facilitation	9
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	9
The effects of labor regulation on firms and exports: Evidence from Indian apparel manufacturing	9
The effects of elections on macroprudential policy	9
A rising tide that lifts all boats: An analysis of economic freedom and inequality using matching methods	9
More federal legislators lead to more resources for their constituencies: Evidence from exogenous differences in seat allocations	8
Media’s role in the making of a democrat: Evidence from East Germany	8
Sexual exploitation of trafficked children: Survey evidence from child sex workers in Bangladesh	8
Historical roots of political extremism: The effects of Nazi occupation of Italy	8
Learning from processing trade: Firm evidence from China	7
Labor market dynamics in urban China and the role of the state sector	7
The welfare effects of FDI: A quantitative analysis	7
Foreign direct investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from China	7
Your misfortune is also mine: Land expropriation, property rights insecurity, and household behaviors in rural China	7
Riding out of a financial crisis: The joint effect of trust and corporate ownership	7
Shutdown policies and conflict worldwide	7
Distressed acquisitions: Evidence from European emerging markets	7
Past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes in Europe	7
Political survival, local accountability, and long-term development: Evidence from an authoritarian country	7
Bribes vs. taxes: Market structure and incentives	7
Human capital accumulation: Evidence from immigrants in low-income countries	6
Unveiling the effects of a headscarf ban: Evidence from municipal jobs in Turkey	6

Foreign investment regulation and firm productivity: Granular evidence from Indonesia	6
The origins of agricultural inheritance traditions	6
The causal effects of parents’ schooling on children's schooling in urban China	6
The effects of EU-funded enterprise grants on firms and workers	6
How does stock liquidity affect corporate tax noncompliance? Evidence from China✰	6
The gender education gap in developing countries: Roles of income shocks and culture	6
Touch thee not: Group conflict, caste power and untouchability in rural India	6
Near-real time analysis of war and economic activity during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine	6
The trade-off between risk and incentives in fiscal federalism: Evidence from China	6
Decentralization of firms in a country with weak institutions: Evidence from Russia	5
Minimum wage spike and income underreporting: A back-of-the-envelope-wage analysis	5
The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices?	5
Decentralization and trust in government: Quasi-experimental evidence from Ukraine	5
Defective democracy and the political budget cycle	5
Markups and income inequality: Causal links, 1975-2011	5
Divesting under Pressure: U.S. firms’ exit in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine	5
Wage and unemployment: Evidence from online job vacancy data	5
The puzzling politics of R&D: Signaling competence through risky projects	5
Effects of corruption on foreign direct investment: Evidence from Swedish multinational enterprises	5
Trust in government in times of crisis: A quasi-experiment during the two world wars✰	5
The motherhood penalty in China: Magnitudes, trends, and the role of grandparenting	5
Ancestry and international trade	5
Measuring human capital in middle income countries	5
Has globalization shrunk manufacturing labor share in transition economies?	5
Political salaries, electoral selection and the incumbency advantage: Evidence from a wage reform	4
Rules versus norms: How formal and informal institutions shape judicial sentencing cycles	4
Going postal: State capacity and violent dispute resolution	4
Do wages grow with experience? Deciphering the Russian puzzle	4
Dark side of environmental regulation: Wage inequality cost	4
The influence of colonialism on Africa's welfare: An anthropometric study	4
Labor markets during war time: Evidence from online job advertisements	4
The wise, the politician, and the strongman: Types of national leaders and quality of governance	4
Current expenditure upswings in good times and public investment downswings in bad times? New evidence from developing countries	4
The effects of discriminatory protections on cross-border mergers and acquisitions	4
Firms’ access to finance in resource-based countries and the financial resource curse	4
Political economy of real exchange rate levels	3
Outsiders, insiders and interventions in the housing market	3
The unintended harms of infrastructure: Opium and road construction in Afghanistan	3
Staying on top: Political cycles in private bank lending	3
Contractual frictions and margins of trade	3
The impact of health insurance on job location choice: Evidence from rural China	3
Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania	3
Educational opportunity and children's migration: Evidence from China's Gaokao reform for children of migrant families	3
Stuck outside the single market; Evidence from firms in central and eastern Europe	3
The timing of first marriage and subsequent life outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment	3
IMF conditionality, export structure and economic complexity:The ineffectiveness of structural adjustment programs	3
The short- and long-run effects of medical malpractice lawsuits on medical spending and hospital operations in China	3
Design and implementation of the price cap on Russian oil exports	3
The long-term effects of the slave trade on political violence in Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Transition from plan to market: Imperfect regulations in the electricity sector of China	3
Pandemic knowledge and regulation effectiveness: Evidence from COVID-19	3
Growth, mobility and social progress	2
Trust we lost: The impact of the Treuhand experience on political alienation in East Germany	2
The political transfer problem: How cross-border financial windfalls affect democracy and civil war	2
Perception of political instability in election periods: Evidence from African firms	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
Institutions, abilities, and the allocation of talent: Evidence from Russian regions	2
Topography, borders, and trade across Europe	2
The changing composition of academic majors and wage dynamics: Beyond mean returns	2
Trade shocks, industrial growth, and electrification in early 20th-century China	2
Institutional-cultural coherence and economic development: The case of the Spanish regions	2
Immigrants from more tolerant cultures integrate deeper into destination countries	2
The roots of female emancipation: Initializing role of Cool Water	2
Mass protests, security-elite defection, and revolution	2
Melting pot or salad bowl: Cultural effects on industrial similarity during trade liberalization	2
Maternity support and child health: Unintended gendered effects	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
Rebundling Institutions: How property rights and contracting institutions combine for growth	2
Crony capitalism, the party-state, and the political boundaries of corruption	2
Import competition, fast-track authority and U.S. policy toward China	2
Hedging desperation: How kinship networks reduced cannibalism in historical China	2
Catholics, Protestants and Muslims: Similar work ethics, different social and political ethics	2
Did raising doing business scores boost GDP?	2
Preventing Islamic radicalization: Experimental evidence on anti-social behavior	2
The effects of South Korean Protestantism on human capital and female empowerment, 1930–2010	2
Does the introduction of stock exchange markets boost economic growth in African countries?	2