American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

2009 - 2025

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Volume 17, issue 2, 2025

Dividend Taxation and Firm Performance with Heterogeneous Payout Responses pp. 1-29

Katarzyna Bilicka, İrem Güçeri and Evangelos Koumanakos

Buy Baits and Consumer Sophistication: Field Evidence from Instant Rebates pp. 30-59

Matthias Rodemeier

Increasing Organ Donor Registration as a Means to Increase Transplantation: An Experiment with Actual Organ Donor Registrations pp. 60-83

Judd B. Kessler and Alvin E. Roth

Public and Private Provision of Information in Market-Based Public Programs: Evidence from Advertising in Health Insurance Marketplaces pp. 84-121

Naoki Aizawa and You Suk Kim

Welfare Analysis of Changing Notches: Evidence from Bolsa Família pp. 122-61

Katy Bergstrom, William Dodds and Juan Rios

A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anticorruption Policy pp. 162-93

Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta and Tommaso Giommoni

Do Consumers Distinguish Fixed Cost from Variable Cost? "Schmeduling" in Two-Part Tariffs in Energy pp. 194-223

Koichiro Ito and Shuang Zhang

Free Trade and the Formation of Environmental Policy: Evidence from US Legislative Votes pp. 224-58

Jevan Cherniwchan and Nouri Najjar

Show Me the Money! A Field Experiment on Electric Vehicle Charge Timing pp. 259-84

Megan R. Bailey, David Brown, Blake Shaffer and Frank A. Wolak

Who Watches the Watchmen? Local News and Police Behavior in the United States pp. 285-318

Nicola Mastrorocco and Arianna Ornaghi

The Effects of a Multifaceted Poverty Alleviation Program on Rural Income and Household Behavior in China pp. 319-57

Rui Li, Hong Song, Jun Zhang and Junsen Zhang

Corporate Minimum Tax and the Elasticity of Taxable Income: Evidence from Administrative Tax Records pp. 358-87

Jaroslav Bukovina, Tomáš Lichard, Ján Palguta and Branislav Žúdel

Informing Mothers about the Benefits of Conversing with Infants: Experimental Evidence from Ghana pp. 388-417

Pascaline Dupas, Camille Falezan, Seema Jayachandran and Mark Walsh

Pay Transparency and Gender Equality pp. 418-45

Jack Blundell, Emma Duchini, Ştefania Simion and Arthur Turrell

Communicating Program Eligibility: A Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Field Experiment pp. 446-70

Jeffrey Hemmeter, John Phillips, Elana Safran and Nicholas Wilson

Physician Group Influences on Treatment Intensity and Health: Evidence from Physician Switchers pp. 471-505

Joseph J. Doyle and Becky Staiger

Volume 17, issue 1, 2025

Clean Identification? The Effects of the Clean Air Act on Air Pollution, Exposure Disparities, and House Prices pp. 1-36

Lutz Sager and Gregor Singer

Uncharted Waters: Effects of Maritime Emission Regulation pp. 37-69

Jamie Hansen-Lewis and Michelle Marcus

Mental Health Consequences of Correctional Sentencing pp. 70-105

Manudeep Bhuller, Laura Khoury and Katrine Løken

The Impact of Provider Payments on Health Care Utilization of Low-Income Individuals: Evidence from Medicare and Medicaid pp. 106-43

Marika Cabral, Colleen Carey and Sarah Miller

Spillover, Efficiency, and Equity Effects of Regional Firm Subsidies pp. 144-80

Sebastian Siegloch, Nils Wehrhöfer and Tobias Etzel

Policymaking, Trust, and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Mass Sterilization Campaign pp. 181-215

Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, Dijana Zejcirovic and Fernando Fernandez

The Great Recession and the Widening Income Gap between Alumni of Elite and Less Selective Universities pp. 216-41

Russell Weinstein

Electronic Payment Technology and Tax Compliance: Evidence from Uruguay's Financial Inclusion Reform pp. 242-72

Anne Brockmeyer and Magaly Sáenz Somarriba

My Taxes Are Too Darn High: Why Do Households Protest Their Taxes? pp. 273-310

Brad Nathan, Ricardo Perez-Truglia and Alejandro Zentner

Fighting Poverty One Family at a Time: Experimental Evidence from an Intervention with Holistic, Individualized, Wraparound Services pp. 311-61

William N. Evans, Shawna Kolka, James Sullivan and Patrick S. Turner

Fueling Alternatives: Gas Station Choice and the Implications for Electric Charging pp. 362-400

Jackson Dorsey, Ashley Langer and Shaun McRae

The Long-Run Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Act on Women's Careers and Childbearing: New Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design and US Tax Data pp. 401-31

Martha Bailey, Tanya Byker, Elena Patel and Shanthi Ramnath

Profit Taxation, R&D Spending, and Innovation pp. 432-63

Andreas Lichter, Max Löffler, Ingo Isphording, Thu- Van Nguyen, Felix Poege and Sebastian Siegloch

Who Bears the Burden of Local Taxes? pp. 464-505

Marius Brülhart, Jayson Danton, Raphaël Parchet and Jörg Schläpfer

The Negative Consequences of Loss-Framed Performance Incentives pp. 506-39

Lamar Pierce, Alex Rees-Jones and Charlotte Blank

Effective Health Aid: Evidence from Gavi's Vaccine Program pp. 540-74

Gauri Shastry and Daniel Tortorice

Volume 16, issue 4, 2024

Information Frictions and Skill Signaling in the Youth Labor Market pp. 1-33

Sara B. Heller and Judd B. Kessler

High Schools Tailored to Adults Can Help Them Complete a Traditional Diploma and Excel in the Labor Market pp. 34-67

Rebecca Brough, David Phillips and Patrick S. Turner

Pricing Carbon: Evidence from Expert Recommendations pp. 68-99

Moritz Drupp, Frikk Nesje and Robert C. Schmidt

Real-Time Pricing and the Cost of Clean Power pp. 100-141

Imelda Imelda, Matthias Fripp and Michael Roberts

Identity in Court Decision-Making pp. 142-64

Ulrika Ahrsjö, Susan Niknami and Mårten Palme

The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime pp. 165-93

Andrew Bacher-Hicks, Stephen B. Billings and David Deming

Downward Revision of Investment Decisions after Corporate Tax Hikes pp. 194-222

Sebastian Link, Manuel Menkhoff, Andreas Peichl and Paul Schüle

Managers' Productivity and Recruitment in the Public Sector pp. 223-53

Pablo Muñoz and Mounu Prem

How Do You Say Your Name? Difficult-to-Pronounce Names and Labor Market Outcomes pp. 254-79

Qi Ge and Stephen Wu

Achieving Air Pollution Control Targets with Technology-Aided Monitoring: Better Enforcement or Localized Efforts? pp. 280-315

Lin Yang, Yatang Lin, Jin Wang and Fangyuan Peng

Administrative Burden and Procedural Denials: Experimental Evidence from SNAP pp. 316-40

Eric Giannella, Tatiana Homonoff, Gwen Rino and Jason Somerville

Education and Geographical Mobility: The Role of the Job Surplus pp. 341-81

Michael Amior

Algorithmic Risk Assessment in the Hands of Humans pp. 382-414

Megan T. Stevenson and Jennifer L. Doleac

The Carrot and the Stick: Bank Bailouts and the Disciplining Role of Board Appointments pp. 415-62

Christian Mücke, Loriana Pelizzon, Vincenzo Pezone and Anjan Thakor

Price Sensitivity and Information Barriers to the Take-up of Naloxone pp. 463-90

Mireille Jacobson and David Powell

Remote Instruction and Student Mental Health: Swedish Evidence from the Pandemic pp. 491-517

Evelina Björkegren, Helena Svaleryd and Jonas Vlachos

Volume 16, issue 3, 2024

Labor Market Effects of Credit Constraints: Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 1-26

Anil Kumar and Che-Yuan Liang

Learning by Offending: How Do Criminals Learn about Criminal Law? pp. 27-60

Arnaud Philippe

Gender Differences in Preferences for Meaning at Work pp. 61-94

Vanessa Burbano, Nicolas Padilla and Stephan Meier

Did the Paycheck Protection Program Help Small Businesses? Evidence from Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities pp. 95-132

Sumit Agarwal, Brent Ambrose, Luis A. Lopez and Xue Xiao

Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors pp. 133-73

Gordon Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg

The Impact of Legal Abortion on Maternal Mortality pp. 174-216

Sherajum Monira Farin, Lauren Hoehn-Velasco and Michael Pesko

Firm Donations and Political Rhetoric: Evidence from a National Ban pp. 217-56

Julia Cagé, Caroline Le Pennec and Elisa Mougin

The Effects of a Large-Scale Mental Health Reform: Evidence from Brazil pp. 257-89

Mateus Dias and Luiz Felipe Fontes

Tripping through Hoops: The Effect of Violating Compulsory Government Procedures pp. 290-313

Natalia Emanuel and Helen Ho

How Do Copayment Coupons Affect Branded Drug Prices and Quantities Purchased? pp. 314-46

Leemore Dafny, Kate Ho and Edward Kong

Indirect Savings from Public Procurement Centralization pp. 347-66

Clarissa Lotti, Arieda Muco, Giancarlo Spagnolo and Tommaso Valletti

Shaping the Habits of Teen Drivers pp. 367-93

Timothy Moore and Todd Morris

Optimal Internality Taxation of Product Attributes pp. 394-419

Andreas Gerster and Michael Kramm

Rural Roads, Farm Labor Exits, and Crop Fires pp. 420-50

Teevrat Garg, Maulik Jagnani and Hemant Pullabhotla

Government Transfers and Votes for State Intervention pp. 451-80

Giuseppe Albanese, Guido de Blasio and Lorenzo Incoronato

Competitive Bidding in Drug Procurement: Evidence from China pp. 481-513

Shengmao Cao, Lisa Xuejie Yi and Chuan Yu

Volume 16, issue 2, 2024

Racial and Ethnic Representation in Local Government pp. 1-36

Brian Beach, Daniel B. Jones, Tate Twinam and Randall Walsh

The Returns to STEM Programs for Less-Prepared Students pp. 37-77

Kevin Ng and Evan Riehl

The Returns to Public Library Investment pp. 78-109

Gregory Gilpin, Ezra Karger and Peter Nencka

Do Family Policies Reduce Gender Inequality? Evidence from 60 Years of Policy Experimentation pp. 110-49

Henrik Kleven, Camille Landais, Johanna Posch, Andreas Steinhauer and Josef Zweimüller

Hospital Queues, Patient Health, and Labor Supply pp. 150-81

Anna Godøy, Venke F. Haaland, Ingrid Huitfeldt and Mark Votruba

The Gender Application Gap: Do Men and Women Apply for the Same Jobs? pp. 182-219

Jonas Fluchtmann, Anita M. Glenny, Nikolaj A. Harmon and Jonas Maibom

Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School pp. 220-48

Hannah Klauber, Felix Holub, Nicolas Koch, Nico Pestel, Nolan Ritter and Alexander Rohlf

Opposing Firm-Level Responses to the China Shock: Output Competition versus Input Supply pp. 249-69

Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud, Matthieu Lequien, Marc Melitz and Thomas Zuber

Time Aggregation in Health Insurance Deductibles pp. 270-99

Long Hong and Corina Mommaerts

Efficiency and Incidence of Taxation with Free Entry and Love-of-Variety Preferences pp. 300-334

Kory Kroft, Jean-William Laliberté, René Leal-Vizcaíno and Matthew Notowidigdo

Migrants at Sea: Unintended Consequences of Search and Rescue Operations pp. 335-65

Claudio Deiana, Vikram Maheshri and Giovanni Mastrobuoni

Public Pensions and Private Savings pp. 366-405

Esteban Garcia-Miralles and Jonathan Leganza

Refugee Benefit Cuts pp. 406-41

Christian Dustmann, Rasmus Landersø and Lars Højsgaard Andersen

Saving Lives with Indexed Disaster Funds: Evidence from Mexico pp. 442-79

Alejandro del Valle

Understanding the Link between Temperature and Crime pp. 480-514

Francois Cohen and Fidel Gonzalez

The Indirect Fiscal Benefits of Low-Skilled Immigration pp. 515-50

Mark Colas and Dominik Sachs

Volume 16, issue 1, 2024

Local Retail Prices, Product Variety, and Neighborhood Change pp. 1-33

Fernando Borraz, Felipe Carozzi, Nicolás González- Pampillón and Leandro Zipitria

Behavioral Responses to State Income Taxation of High Earners: Evidence from California pp. 34-86

Joshua Rauh and Ryan Shyu

Hassle Costs versus Information: How Do Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Reduce Opioid Prescribing? pp. 87-123

Abby Alpert, Sarah Dykstra and Mireille Jacobson

Fighting Crime in Lawless Areas: Evidence from Slums in Rio de Janeiro pp. 124-59

Christophe Bellégo and Joeffrey Drouard

Does Health Care Consolidation Harm Patients? Evidence from Maternity Ward Closures pp. 160-89

Daniel Avdic, Petter Lundborg and Johan Vikström

Attendance Boundary Policies and the Limits to Combating School Segregation pp. 190-227

Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen and Mikkel Gandil

Labor Supply Responses to Income Taxation among Older Couples: Evidence from a Canadian Reform pp. 228-58

Derek Messacar

Increasing the Retirement Age: Policy Effects and Underlying Mechanisms pp. 259-91

Simon Rabate, Egbert Jongen and Tilbe Atav

The Impact of Improving Access to Support Services for Victims of Domestic Violence on Demand for Services and Victim Outcomes pp. 292-324

Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner, Jesse Matheson and Réka Plugor

Regulating Privacy Online: An Economic Evaluation of the GDPR pp. 325-58

Samuel G. Goldberg, Garrett A. Johnson and Scott K. Shriver

The Introduction of the Income Tax, Fiscal Capacity, and Migration: Evidence from US States pp. 359-93

Traviss Cassidy, Mark Dincecco and Ugo antonio Troiano

Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Nonexperts for Improving Vaccine Demand pp. 394-414

Marcella Alsan and Sarah Eichmeyer

Addressing Environmental Justice through In-Kind Court Settlements pp. 415-46

Pamela Campa and Lucija Muehlenbachs

State Taxation of Nonresident Income and the Location of Work pp. 447-81

David Agrawal and Kenneth Tester

Corporate Taxation and Evasion Responses: Evidence from a Minimum Tax in Honduras pp. 482-517

Felipe Lobel, Thiago Scot and Pedro Zúniga

Mandatory Retirement for Judges Improved the Performance of US State Supreme Courts pp. 518-48

Elliott Ash and W. Bentley Macleod