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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
ACES membership form	76
Editorial Board	58
Voting from abroad: Assessing the impact of local turnout on migrants’ voting behavior	56
Citizen empowerment through land reform	52
Sexual exploitation of trafficked children: Survey evidence from child sex workers in Bangladesh	51
Judicial venality in Old Regime France: A rational choice analysis	43
The moderating role of culture on the benefits of economic freedom: Cross-country analysis	41
Professional motivation and the quantity–quality trade-off	41
Firms, kinship networks, and economic growth in the Kyrgyz Republic	40
Biting the hand that teaches: Unraveling the economic impact of banning private tutoring in China	38
Changes to our editorial board	38
The effects of elections on macroprudential policy	35
The motherhood penalty in China: Magnitudes, trends, and the role of grandparenting	32
Epidemics, disease control, and China’s long-term development	31
Online teaching, gender differences and education outcomes: Evidence from Chinese urban high schools during the COVID-19	30
Political instability and households’ investment behavior: Evidence from Burkina Faso	25
The impact of foreign direct investment on innovation: Evidence from patent filings and citations in China	23
Preventing Islamic radicalization: Experimental evidence on anti-social behavior	23
Design and implementation of the price cap on Russian oil exports	22
The growth of firms, markets and rents: Evidence from China	22
Does competition cause government decentralization? The case of state-owned enterprises	22
The effects of discriminatory protections on cross-border mergers and acquisitions	21
Immigrant religious practices and criminality: The case of Ramadan	19
Fertility and maternal labor supply: Evidence from the new two-child policies in urban China	19
Youth responses to political populism: Education abroad as a step toward emigration	19

Labor markets during war time: Evidence from online job advertisements	18
Political economy of real exchange rate levels	18
Beyond climate and conflict relationships: New evidence from a Copula-based analysis on an historical perspective	18
The long-term effects of Protestant activities in China	18
Leaping into the dark: A model of policy gambles	18
The effects of female political participation on missing women: Evidence from the Egyptian protests of 2011–2014	18
Effects of corruption on foreign direct investment: Evidence from Swedish multinational enterprises	16
Catholics, Protestants and Muslims: Similar work ethics, different social and political ethics	16
Constitutions, education and gender norms change: Evidence from Colombia	16
Diplomatic relations and agricultural trade	16
International tax evasion, state purchases of confidential bank data and voluntary disclosures	16
Editorial Board	14
Phasing out: Routine tasks and retirement	14
Globalization raises intergenerational inequality transmission in chinese villages	14
Transparency and grand corruption: Lessons from the Colombia school meals program	14
The wise, the politician, and the strongman: Types of national leaders and quality of governance	13
Trade shocks, industrial growth, and electrification in early 20th-century China	13
The competence-loyalty tradeoff in China's political selection	12
Periods of uncertainty are linked to greater acceptance of minorities	12
Trade liberalization and gender dynamics: The impact of policy uncertainty on sex ratios at birth in China	11
Intellectual property rights protection and firm innovation: Evidence from half million firms in China	11
Synchronized elections strengthen party salience: Evidence from a decentralized democracy	11
Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Evidence from a large-scale vaccination experiment in China	11
Hukou Matters: The heterogeneous local labor market effects of export expansions in China	11
Street-level responsiveness of city governments in China, Germany, and the United States	11
Risk sharing and industrial specialization in China	10
A rising tide that lifts all boats: An analysis of economic freedom and inequality using matching methods	10
Maternity support and child health: Unintended gendered effects	10
ACES membership form	10
Does the introduction of stock exchange markets boost economic growth in African countries?	10
Special issue announcement	10
Gender minority: A non-pecuniary approach to political capital	10
National identity, public goods, and modern economic development	10
The role of firms in the gender wage gap	10
Land reform and illegal adoption of children	10
Fiscal adjustment in a panel of countries 1870–2016	9
Political survival, local accountability, and long-term development: Evidence from an authoritarian country	9
Intangible capital, the labour share and national ‘growth regimes’	9
Gendered language and gendered violence	9
The origins of political institutions and property rights	8
The effects of rainfall shocks on divorce requests: Evidence from Colonial Senegal	8
On the optimal size of a joint savings association	8
Editorial Board	8
Decentralization and trust in government: Quasi-experimental evidence from Ukraine	8
Mass migration and natives’ health at birth: Evidence from Syrian refugee inflows to Turkey	8
A theory of symbiotic corruption	8
Hedging desperation: How kinship networks reduced cannibalism in historical China	8
Misallocation across establishment gender	8
The aggregate and distributional effects of immigration restrictions: The 1920s Quota Acts and the Great Black Migration	8
Current expenditure upswings in good times and public investment downswings in bad times? New evidence from developing countries	7

Leadership vacuum and urban economic development: Evidence from a transition country	7
Conflict and social capital: Evidence from the Russian War against Ukraine	7
Editorial Board	7
Bureaucracy-business relationship, corruption and the implications for marketization	7
Foreign-assisted infrastructure and local employment: Evidence from China's aid to Africa	7
Societal diversity, group identities and their implications for tax morale	7
Measuring the attitude towards a European public budget: A cross-country experiment	7
Gender equality in Asia and Europe during the 20th century: The role of socialism	6
How does the Chinese communist party embrace the private sector?	6
Capitalist systems and income inequality	6
Editorial Board	6
Staying on top: Political cycles in private bank lending	6
Foreign direct investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from China	6
The compulsory education law, female education and fertility: An empirical study in China	6
The growth consequences of socialism	6
Editorial Board	6
Editorial Board	6
Firms’ access to finance in resource-based countries and the financial resource curse	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
ACES membership form	6
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
ACES membership form	5
The cultural origins of family firms	5
Liberalizing reforms do not cause suicide: Causal estimation using matching, 1980–2019	5
The impact of anti-corruption on mental health: Evidence from China	5
Canal and trade: Transportation infrastructure and market integration in China, 1780–1911	5
Law and economic behaviour	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
Can past informality impede registered firms’ access to credit?	5
Calamities, common interests, shared identity: What shapes social cohesion in Europe?	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
Editorial Board	4
Perception of political instability in election periods: Evidence from African firms	4
Demilitarization and economic growth: Empirical evidence in support of a peace dividend	4
Effects of public sector wages on corruption: Wage inequality matters	4
A simple method to ex-ante quantify the unobservable effects of trade liberalization and trade protection	4
Open-source information and repression	4
Tariffs and growth: Heterogeneity by economic structure	4
Sleeping with the enemy: The perils of having the government on(the)board	4
The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices?	4
The making of the Greek fiscal state, 1833-1939	3
Rebundling Institutions: How property rights and contracting institutions combine for growth	3
Minimum wage spike and income underreporting: A back-of-the-envelope-wage analysis	3
Sending peace home! The effect of political favoritism on conflict	3
Stuck outside the single market; Evidence from firms in central and eastern Europe	3
Economic effects of (non-)compliance with constitutions	3
The effects of superstition on firms' investment behavior: Evidence from Vietnam, an irreligious country✰	3
Corporate governance and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from Russian unlisted firms	3
Topography, borders, and trade across Europe	3
Education, desired fertility, and HIV/AIDS: Evidence from China’s compulsory schooling law	3
The impact of an online game-based financial education course: Multi-country experimental evidence	3
The joint effects of financial development and the business environment on firm growth: Evidence from Vietnam	3
Editorial Board	3
How can migration unequalize inheritance: Theory and insights from Bolivia	3