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Overview

John S. Earle is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States and specializes in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. The bulk of their research falls under economics and econometrics, with work also spanning sociology and political science, management of technology and innovation, general health professions, and accounting.

The primary topics of their research include entrepreneurship studies and influences, firm innovation and growth, corporate finance and governance, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, migration, ethnicity and economy, urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies, as well as primary care and health outcomes.

Earle's recent publications cover a range of subjects that reflect these interests. Notable papers include:

  • Black Entrepreneurs, Job Creation, and Financial Constraints (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Black-Owned Firms, Financial Constraints, and the Firm Size Gap (2022, AEA Papers and Proceedings)
  • Promoting Public Health with Blunt Instruments: Evidence from Vaccine Mandates (2025, Labour Economics)
  • Damaged Collateral and Firm-Level Finance: Evidence from Russia's War in Ukraine (2023, Journal of Comparative Economics)
  • Does the Community Reinvestment Act Increase Small Business Lending in Lower Income Neighborhoods? (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Earle frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including Mee Jung Kim, Kyung Min Lee, Scott Gehlbach, Jason Brown, and Sungbin Park. These frequent collaborations have contributed to publications in various outlets.

The majority of Earle's research is published in the SSRN Electronic Journal, where four publications appear, alongside contributions to the AEA Papers and Proceedings, Labour Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, and Harvard Dataverse.

Best Publications

  • The Productivity Effects of Privatization: Longitudinal Estimates from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine

    J. David Brown;John S. Earle;Álmos Telegdy

  • Business start-ups or disguised unemployment? Evidence on the character of self-employment from transition economies

    John S Earle;John S Earle;Zuzana Sakova;Zuzana Sakova

  • The Privatization Process In Central Europe

    Roman Frydman;John S. Earle;Andrzej Rapaczynski

  • What makes small firms grow?: finance, human capital, technical assistance, and the business environment in Romania

    J. David Brown;John S. Earle;Daniela Lup

  • The privatization process in Central Europe : economic environment, legal and ownership structure, institutions for state regulation, overview of privatization programs, initial transformation of enterprises

    Roman Frydman;Andrzej Rapaczynski;John S. Earle

  • Ownership Concentration and Corporate Performance on the Budapest Stock Exchange: do too many cooks spoil the goulash?

    John S. Earle;Csaba Kucsera;and Álmos Telegdy

  • Finance and Growth at the Firm Level: Evidence from SBA Loans

    J. David Brown;John S. Earle

  • Ownership structures, patterns of control and enterprise behaviour in Russia

    J. Earle;S. Estrin;L. Leshchenko

  • After Voucher Privatization: The Structure of Corporate Ownership in Russian Manufacturing Industry

    John S Earle;Saul Estrin

  • Employee ownership in transition

    John S. Earle;Saul Estrin

  • How Late to Pay? Understanding Wage Arrears in Russia

    John S. Earle;Klara Z. Sabirianova

  • Privatization, Competition, and Budget Constraints: Disciplining Enterprises in Russia

    John S. Earle;John S. Earle;Saul Estrin

  • Small Privatization: The Transformation of Retail Trade and Consumer Services in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland

    John S. Earle;Roman Frydman;Andrzej Rapaczynski;Joel Turkewitz

  • Privatization Methods and Productivity Effects in Romanian Industrial Enterprises

    John S Earle;Álmos Telegdy

  • Competition And Firm Performance: Lessons From Russia*

    J. David Brown;John S. Earle

  • The Productivity Consequences of Political Turnover: Firm-Level Evidence from Ukraine's Orange Revolution

    John S. Earle;Scott Gehlbach

  • Post-Privatisation Ownership Structure and Productivity in Russian Industrial Enterprises

    John S. Earle

  • Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

    J. David Brown;John S. Earle;Scott G. Gehlbach

  • Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine*

    J. David Brown;John S. Earle;Álmos Telegdy

  • Entrepreneurship from Scratch

    John S. Earle;Zuzana Sakova

Frequent Co-Authors

Saul Estrin
Saul Estrin London School of Economics and Political Science
Roman Frydman
Roman Frydman New York University
Mark C. Berger
Mark C. Berger University of Kentucky
John H. Pencavel
John H. Pencavel Stanford University

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