Journal of Law & Economics

1969 - 2009

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2009, volume 52, issue 2

Do Wrongful-Discharge Laws Impair Firm Performance? pp. 197-222

Robert C. Bird and John D. Knopf

Regulatory Exploitation and Management Changes: Upcoding in the Hospital Industry pp. 223-250

Leemore Dafny and David Dranove

The Effects of Male Incarceration Dynamics on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Infection Rates among African American Women and Men pp. 251-293

Rucker C. Johnson and Steven Raphael

Does It Matter Who Your Buyer Is? The Role of Nonprofit Mission in the Market for Corporate Control of Hospitals pp. 295-306

Paul Gertler and Jennifer Kuan

Postcommunist Oligarchs in Russia: Quantitative Analysis pp. 307-349

Serguey Braguinsky

Effects of Occupational Licensing Laws on Minorities: Evidence from the Progressive Era pp. 351-366

Marc T. Law and Mindy S. Marks

Explaining the Puzzle of Cross-State Differences in Bankruptcy Rates pp. 367-393

Lars Lefgren and Frank McIntyre

Checkerboards and Coase: The Effect of Property Institutions on Efficiency in Housing Markets pp. 395-410

Randall Akee

2009, volume 52, issue 1

Antitrust in the Not-for-Profit Sector pp. 1-18

Tomas Philipson and Richard A. Posner

Arrest Avoidance: Law Enforcement and the Price of Cocaine pp. 19-40

Beth A. Freeborn

Political Determinants of Government Loans in Japan pp. 41-70

Masami Imai

Red Ink in the Rearview Mirror: Local Fiscal Conditions and the Issuance of Traffic Tickets pp. 71-90

Thomas Garrett and Gary A. Wagner

Maintaining Tacit Collusion in Repeated Ascending Auctions pp. 91-109

Owen R. Phillips and Dale J. Menkhaus

University Knowledge Transfer: Private Ownership, Incentives, and Local Development Objectives pp. 111-144

Sharon Belenzon and Mark Schankerman

Does Social Capital Reduce Crime? pp. 145-170

Paolo Buonanno, Daniel Montolio and Paolo Vanin

Do Smokers Value Their Health and Longevity Less? pp. 171-196

Ahmed Khwaja, Frank Allen Sloan and Yang Wang

2008, volume 51, issue 4

Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and Its Influence on Childhood Obesity pp. 599-618

Shin-Yi Chou, Inas Rashad and Michael Grossman

Legal Inforcement, Short Maturity Debt, and the Incentive to Manage Earnings pp. 619-639

Manu Gupta, Inder K. Khurana and Raynolde Pereira

Sovereignty, Credible Commitments, and Economic Prosperity on American Indian Reservations pp. 641-666

Terry L. Anderson and Dominic P. Parker

Weathering Corruption pp. 667-681

Peter T. Leeson and Russell S. Sobel

Down and Out in the Stock Market: The Law and Economics of the Delisting Process pp. 683-713

Jonathan Macey, Maureen O'Hara and David Pompilio

Antebellum Tariff Politics: Regional Coalitions and Shifting Economic Interests pp. 715-741

Douglas A. Irwin

An Empirical Analysis of the Competitive Effects of the Delta/Continental/Northwest Code-Share Alliance pp. 743-766

Philip G. Gayle

2008, volume 51, issue 3

Opium in Afghanistan: Prospects for the Success of Source Country Drug Control Policies pp. 407-432

Jeffrey Clemens

State Age Protection Laws and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act pp. 433-460

Joanna Lahey

Inventory Turnover and Product Variety pp. 461-478

Howard P. Marvel and James Peck

The Effect of Private Interests on Regulated Retail and Wholesale Prices pp. 479-501

Gregory L. Rosston, Scott J. Savage and Bradley S. Wimmer

Do Analyst Conflicts Matter? Evidence from Stock Recommendations pp. 503-537

Anup Agrawal and Mark A. Chen

The Role of Corporate Governance in Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts pp. 539-562

Jay C. Hartzell, Jarl G. Kallberg and Crocker H. Liu

Property Rights and Wireless License Values pp. 563-598

Thomas W. Hazlett

2008, volume 51, issue 2

When Little Things Mean a Lot: On the Inefficiency of Item-Pricing Laws pp. 209-250

Mark Bergen, Daniel Levy, Sourav Ray, Paul H. Rubin and Benjamin Zeliger

The Political Economy of Truth-in-Advertising Regulation during the Progressive Era pp. 251-269

Zeynep K. Hansen and Marc T. Law

Voluntary Pollution Reductions and the Enforcement of Environmental Law: An Empirical Study of the 33/50 Program pp. 271-296

Robert Innes and Abdoul G. Sam

Liability, Regulation, and Endogenous Risk: The Incidence and Severity of Escaped Prescribed Fires in the United States pp. 297-325

Jonathan Keith Yoder

Evidence on the Incentive Properties of Share Contracts pp. 327-349

Luis H. B. Braido

Safeguards and Retaliatory Threats pp. 351-376

Benjamin H. Liebman and Kasaundra M. Tomlin

Do Faster Food and Drug Administration Drug Reviews Adversely Affect Patient Safety? An Analysis of the 1992 Prescription Drug User Fee Act pp. 377-406

Henry Grabowski and Y. Richard Wang

2008, volume 51, issue 1

State Casket Sales Restrictions: A Pointless Undertaking? pp. 1-23

Judith Chevalier and Fiona M. Scott Morton

Integrity for Hire: An Analysis of a Widespread Customs Reform pp. 25-57

Dean Yang

The Economics of the Marriage Contract: Theories and Evidence pp. 59-110

Niko Matouschek and Imran Rasul

Market Reaction to Events Surrounding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Earnings Management pp. 111-134

Haidan Li, Morton Pincus and Sonja Olhoft Rego

Do Gasoline Mergers Affect Consumer Prices? The Marathon Ashland Petroleum and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Transaction pp. 135-152

John Simpson and Christopher Taylor

Compensation, Unionization, and Deregulation in the Motor Carrier Industry pp. 153-177

Kevin E. Henrickson and Wesley W. Wilson

State Laws and Debt Covenants pp. 179-207

Yaxuan Qi and John Wald

2007, volume 50, issue 1

Managerial Leverage Is Limited by the Extent of the Market: Hierarchies, Specialization, and the Utilization of Lawyers' Human Capital pp. 1-43

Luis Garicano and Thomas N Hubbard

The Law and Economics of Company Stock in 401(k) Plans pp. 45-79

Shlomo Benartzi, Richard H. Thaler, Stephen P Utkus and Cass R Sunstein

Does Public Scientific Research Complement Private Investment in Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry? pp. 81-104

Andrew A Toole

Independent Actor or Agent? An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of U.S. Interests on International Monetary Fund Conditions pp. 105-24

Axel Dreher and Nathan M. Jensen

Upstream Competition and Vertical Integration in Electricity Markets pp. 125-56

Erin T. Mansur

Economies of Density and Regulatory Change in the U.S. Railroad Freight Industry pp. 157-79

John D Bitzan and Theodore E Keeler

Monopoly Quality Degradation and Regulation in Cable Television pp. 181-219

Gregory Crawford and Matthew Shum

2007, volume 50

Tort Reform and Accidental Deaths pp. 221-238

Paul H. Rubin and Joanna M. Shepherd

Financial Development and Pathways of Growth: State Branching and Deposit Insurance Laws in the United States, 1900–1940 pp. 239-272

Rajeev Dehejia and Adriana Lleras-Muney

Are Prudential Supervision and Regulation Pillars of Financial Stability? Evidence from the Great Depression pp. 273-302

Kris James Mitchener

Trading with Bandits pp. 303-321

Peter T. Leeson

Deserters, Social Norms, and Migration pp. 323-353

Dora L. Costa and Matthew Kahn

Domestic Code Sharing, Alliances, and Airfares in the U.S. Airline Industry pp. 355-380

Harumi Ito and Darin Lee

Bankruptcy Decision Making: An Empirical Study of Continuation Bias in Small-Business Bankruptcies pp. 381-419

Edward R. Morrison

The Economics of Slotting Contracts pp. 421-454

Benjamin Klein and Joshua D. Wright

The Political Economy of European Merger Control: Evidence using Stock Market Data pp. 455-489

Tomaso Duso, Damien J. Neven and Lars-Hendrik Röller

Is Crime Contagious? pp. 491-518

Jens Ludwig and Jeffrey R. Kling

Diabetes Treatments and Moral Hazard pp. 519-538

Jonathan Klick and Thomas Stratmann

Heavy Alcohol Use and Crime: Evidence from Underage Drunk-Driving Laws pp. 539-557

Christopher Carpenter

Financial Contracting in Biotech Strategic Alliances pp. 559-596

David T. Robinson and Toby E. Stuart

Cartel Code Attributes and Cartel Performance: An Industry-Level Analysis of the National Industrial Recovery Act pp. 597-624

Jason E. Taylor

The Home Court Advantage in International Corporate Litigation pp. 625-660

Utpal Bhattacharya, Neal Galpin and Bruce Haslem

Concentration-Based Merger Tests and Vertical Market Structure pp. 661-681

Joshua Gans

Did Reform of Prudent Trust Investment Laws Change Trust Portfolio Allocation? pp. 681-711

Max M. Schanzenbach and Robert H. Sitkoff

Why Are There Serial Defaulters? Evidence from Constitutions pp. 713-730

Emanuel Kohlscheen

The Impact of Post-9/11 Airport Security Measures on the Demand for Air Travel pp. 731-755

Garrick Blalock, Vrinda Kadiyali and Daniel H. Simon

Advertising Restrictions and Competition in the Children’s Breakfast Cereal Industry pp. 757-780

C. Robert Clark

Airline Code-Share Alliances and Their Competitive Effects pp. 781-819

Philip G. Gayle