Articles in Refereed Journals

“Grandparenting and well-being of the elderly in China.” Hao Wang, Jan Fidrmuc, and Qi Luo. Forthcoming in the Journal of Family Issues.

“EU funds as a catalyst of change for the Slovak healthcare system?” Jan Fidrmuc, Kristína Gardoňová, Martin Hulényi, Lukáš Sekelský, and Veronika Zlaczká. REGION 9(1), 29-49, 2022.

“A spatial analysis on inward FDI and urban-rural wage inequality in China.” Hao Wang, Jan Fidrmuc, and Qi Luo. Economic Systems 45 (3), September 2021, 100902.

“Confucius Institute, Belt and Road Initiative, and Internationalization.” Jan Fidrmuc, Hao Wang, Yonghui Han, and Dongming Wei. International Review of Economics and Finance 71, January 2021, 237-256.

“Crises, Reforms and Ideology.” Jan Fidrmuc and David G Mayes, New Zealand Journal of Research on Europe. Invited contribution to Special Issue in Memory of Professor David G Mayes, 2020.

“Exploring the determinants of on-farm transitions: Evidence from rural China.” Hao Wang, Jan Fidrmuc, Qi Luo, and Mingzhong Luo. Applied Economics 52(52), 2020, 5667-5686 (lead article).

“Growing against the Background of Colonization? Chinese Labor Market and FDI in a Historical Perspective.” Hao Wang, Jan Fidrmuc, and Yunhua Tian. International Review of Economics & Finance 69, September 2020, 1018-1031.

“Can Money Buy EU Love?” Jan Fidrmuc, Martin Hulényi and Çiğdem Börke Tunalı. European Journal of Political Economy 60, December 2019, 101804.

“Institutional Quality, Political Risk and Tourism.” Thaana Ghalia, Jan Fidrmuc, Nahla Samargandi and Kazi Sohag. Tourism Management Perspectives 32, October 2019, 100576.

“The Curse of Tourism?”, Thaana Ghalia and Jan Fidrmuc. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research 42(6), 979-996, 2018.

“Maternal education and childhood immunization in Turkey.” Mustafa Özer, Jan Fidrmuc and Mehmet Eryurt. Health Economics 27 (8), 1218-1229, 2018.

“UK National Minimum Wage and Labor Market Outcomes of Young Workers.” Jan Fidrmuc and J.D. Tena, Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 12 (2018-5), 2018.

“Minimum Wage and Employment: Escaping the Parametric Straitjacket.” Jan Fidrmuc, Stefano Cabras and J.D. Tena, Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 11 (2017–15), 2017.

“Unemployment, Growth and Speed of Transition in China.” Jan Fidrmuc and Shuo Huang, Asian Economic Papers 15(1), 156-170, 2016.

“Foreign Languages and Trade: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.” Jan Fidrmuc and Jarko Fidrmuc, Empirical Economics 50(1), 31-49, 2016.

“State Aid Policy in the European Union.” Çiğdem Börke Tunalı and Jan Fidrmuc, Journal of Common Market Studies 53(5), 1143-1162, 2015.

“Macroeconomic effects of fiscal adjustment: A tale of two approaches.” Weonho Yang, Jan Fidrmuc and Sugata Ghosh, Journal of International Money and Finance 57, 31-60, 2015.

“Impact of IMF Assistance on Economic Growth Revisited.” Jan Fidrmuc and Stefani Kostagianni, Economics and Sociology 8 (3), 32-40, 2015.

“Political Economy of Transfer Unions.” Jan Fidrmuc, European Journal of Political Economy 40:147-157, 2015.

“Friday the 13th: The Empirics of Bad Luck.” Jan Fidrmuc and Juan de Dios Tena, Kyklos 68(3), 317-334, 2015.

“Whither China? Reform and economic integration among Chinese regions.” Jan Fidrmuc, Jarko Fidrmuc and Shuo Huang, China Economic Review 33, 94-110, 2015.

“Is the Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth Monotonic? Evidence from a Sample of Middle Income Countries.” Nahla Samargandi, Jan Fidrmuc and Sugata Ghosh, World Development 68, 66-81, 2015.

“Financial development and economic growth in an oil-rich economy: The case of Saudi Arabia.” Nahla Samargandi, Jan Fidrmuc and Sugata Ghosh, Economic Modelling 43, 267-278, 2014.

“How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crisis.” Jan Fidrmuc and Ariane Tichit, Economic Systems 37, 542-554, 2013.

“Reform, Uncertainty and Spillovers: A Gravity Model Approach.” Jan Fidrmuc and Elira Karaja, European Journal of Political Economy 32, 182-192, 2013.

“Anthropometry of Love: Height and Gender Asymmetries in Interethnic Marriages.” Michèle Belot and Jan Fidrmuc, Economic and Human Biology 8 (3), 361-372, 2010.

“Mind the Break! Accounting for Changing Patterns of Growth during Post-communist Transition.” Jan Fidrmuc and Ariane Tichit, Economic Systems 33, 138-154, 2009.

“Voting on the Choice of Core Languages in the European Union.” Jan Fidrmuc, Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber, European Journal of Political Economy, March 2009, 56-62.

“Mind the Gap! Social Capital, East and West.” Jan Fidrmuc and Klarita Gërxhani, Journal of Comparative Economics 36, June 2008, 264-286.

“Money Can’t Buy Me Growth: Making Change Happen in Post-communist Countries?” Jan Fidrmuc, Seoul Journal of Economics 21 (3), 427-452, 2008.

“The Willingness to Migrate in the CEECs: Evidence from the Czech Republic.” Jan Fidrmuc and Peter Huber, Empirica 34 (4), 351-369, 2007.

“Languages in the European Union: The Quest for Equality and its Cost.” Jan Fidrmuc and Victor Ginsburgh, European Economic Review 51 (6), 1351-1369, 2007.

“Fire the Manager to Improve Performance? Managerial Turnover and Incentives after Privatization in the Czech Republic.” Jan Fidrmuc and Jana P. Fidrmuc, Economics of Transition 15 (3), 505-533, 2007.

“Can You Teach Old Dogs New Tricks? On Complementarity of Human Capital and Incentives.” Jan Fidrmuc and Jana P. Fidrmuc, Journal of International Money and Finance 25, 445-458, 2006.

“Who Favors Enlargement? Determinants of Support for EU Membership in the Candidate Countries’ Referenda.” Jan Fidrmuc and Orla Doyle, European Journal of Political Economy 22, 520-543, 2006.

“Introduction to symposium on Job destruction, job creation, and voting in post-communist societies.” with John E. Jackson, European Journal of Political Economy, 345-348, 2006.

“Labor Mobility during Transition: Evidence from the Czech Republic.” Jan Fidrmuc, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung (Journal or Labor Market Research) 37 (4), special issue on “Europeanization of the Labor Markets in an Enlarged European Union,” 437-450, 2004.

“Le français, deuxième langue de l’Union Européenne?” Jan Fidrmuc, Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber, Economie Publique 15, 43-63, 2004.

“Migration and Regional Adjustment to Asymmetric Shocks in Transition Economies.” Jan Fidrmuc, Journal of Comparative Economics 32 (2), 230-247, 2004.

“Optimum Choice of the Exchange-rate Regime for the Accession-candidate Countries.” Jan Fidrmuc and Mathilde Maurel, Journal of Comparative Economics 32 (2), 197-201, 2004.

“Disintegration and Trade.” Jan Fidrmuc and Jarko Fidrmuc, Review of International Economics 11 (5), 811-829, 2003.

“Economic Reform, Democracy and Growth during Post-communist Transition.” Jan Fidrmuc, European Journal of Political Economy 19 (3), 583-604, 2003.

“Democracy in Transition Economies: Grease or Sand in the Wheels of Growth?” Jan Fidrmuc, EIB Papers 6 (2), 24-40, 2001.

“Economics of Voting in Post-Communist Countries.” Jan Fidrmuc, Electoral Studies 19 (2/3), 199-217, 2000.

“Political Support for Reforms: Economics of Voting in Transition Countries.” Jan Fidrmuc, European Economic Review 44 (8), 1491-1513, 2000.

“Les Ajustements aux Chocs par Les Migrations Inter-regionales: Le Cas des Republiques Tchèque et Slovaque.” Jan Fidrmuc, Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest 31 (4), 5-26, 2000.

“Stability of Monetary Unions: Lessons from the Break Up of Czechoslovakia.” Jan Fidrmuc, Julius Horvath and Jarko Fidrmuc, Journal of Comparative Economics 27 (4), 753-781, 1999.

“Unemployment and the Dynamics of Political Support for Economic Reforms.” Jan Fidrmuc, Journal of Policy Reforms 3 (2), 139-156, 1999.

Books, Chapters in Books and Non-refereed Publications

“Democracy as a Driver of Post-Communist Economic Development.” In: The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics, Elodie Douarin and Oleh Havrylyshyn (Eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 20, 517-544, 2021.

“Transformation Crises.” Jan Fidrmuc. In: Wolfgang Merken, Raj Kopllmorgen and Hans-Jürgen Wagener (Eds.), The Handbook of Political, Social, and Economic Transformation, Oxford University Press, 668-672, 2019.

“Minimum wage and young workers: UK evidence.” Jan Fidrmuc and JD Tena, CESifo DICE Report 16(4):19-22, December 2018.

“The economics of multilingualism in the EU.” Jan Fidrmuc. In: Thomas Eger and Hans-Bernd Schäfer (Eds.), Research Handbook on the Economics of European Union Law, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2012, 331-352

“Civil Society, Institutional Change, and the Politics of Reform: The Great Transition.” László Bruszt, Nauro Campos, Jan Fidrmuc and Gérard Roland. In: Gérard Roland (Ed.). Economies in Transition: The Long-Run View, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011, 194-221.

“Interest Groups, Stakeholders, and the Distribution of Benefits and Costs of Reform.” Jan Fidrmuc and Abdul G. Noury. In: Understanding Market Reforms, Volume 1: Philosophy, Politics, and Stakeholders, in: Jose Maria Fanelli and Gary McMahon (Eds.), Palgrave McMillan, New York, 2005, 153-175.

“Optimal Path into the EMU: Big Bang or Gradualism?” Jan Fidrmuc. In: Karl Aiginger and Gernot Hutschenreiter (eds.): Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2003, 123-140.

Political Economy of Transition and Development: Institutions, Politics and Policies. Jan Fidrmuc and Nauro Campos (eds), ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.

“Anatomy of Voting Behavior and Attitudes during Post-Communist Transition: Czech Republic 1990-98.” Orla Doyle and Jan Fidrmuc. In: Nauro F. Campos and Jan Fidrmuc (eds.): Political Economy of Transition and Development: Institutions, Politics and Policies. ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2003, 139-164.

“EU Enlargement: Economic Consequences and Perspectives for the European Union.” Jan Fidrmuc, Susanne Mundschenk, Iulia Traistaru and Jürgen von Hagen. In Andrew M. Warner (ed.) The European Competitiveness and Transition Report 2001-2002, Oxford University Press and World Economic Forum, Oxford and Geneva, 2002.

“Macroeconomic Developments in the Czech Republic and the EU Accession.” Jan Fidrmuc and Jarko Fidrmuc. Prague Economic Papers 9 (4), 2001, 309-324.

“The Slovak Republic,” Jan Fidrmuc and Jarko Fidrmuc. In: Helena Tang, ed., Winners and Losers of EU Integration: Policy Issues for Central and Eastern Europe. Chapter 9, pp. 189-218. Washington D.C: The World Bank, 2000.

“Integration, Disintegration and Trade Flows in Europe: Borders Do Matter!” Jan Fidrmuc and Jarko Fidrmuc. In: East-West Trade: Ten Years After, Chapter IV, pp. 39-56. Vienna, Austria: Institute for Advanced Studies and Bank Austria AG, July 1999.

“Political Sustainability of Economic Reforms: Dynamics and the Role of Unemployment” Jan Fidrmuc. In: H. van der Wusten ed., Conference Proceedings: Transformation Processes in Eastern Europe, Part IV, Political Transformation and the Environment, pp. 51-73, The Hague: NWO/ESR/ReOB, June 1998.

“Slovakia.” Jan Fidrmuc and Jarko Fidrmuc. In: Richard N. Cooper and János Gács, eds., Trade Growth in Transition Economies, Chapter 6, pp. 189-226. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 1997.

“Slovakia.” Jan Fidrmuc and Jarko Fidrmuc. In: János Gács, ed., Case Studies on Impediments to Exports in Small Transition Economies, IIASA Working Paper WP-96-145 (Vol.II), 1996, 225-312. [Case studies to accompany the Edward Elgar Publication]