Economic Inquiry

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Volume 49, issue 4, 2011

HETEROGENEOUS RATES OF TIME PREFERENCE AND THE DECISION TO SMOKE pp. 959-972

Robert L. Scharff and W Viscusi

DOES WAL‐MART SELL INFERIOR GOODS? pp. 973-981

Emek Basker

RISK‐TAKING BEHAVIOR IN THE PRESENCE OF NONCONVEX ASSET DYNAMICS pp. 982-988

Travis Lybbert and Christopher Barrett

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE NATIVITY WEALTH GAP pp. 989-1007

Thomas Bauer, Deborah A. Cobb‐clark, Vincent Hildebrand and Mathias Sinning

ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN THE HOUSEHOLD: PUZZLES AND PATTERNS FROM THE AMERICAN PAST pp. 1008-1028

Trevon Logan

MILITARY SPENDING AND THE GROWTH‐MAXIMIZING ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC CAPITAL: A CROSS‐COUNTRY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS pp. 1029-1041

Pantelis Kalaitzidakis and Vangelis Tzouvelekas

CHEATING IN CONTESTS pp. 1042-1053

Scott Gilpatric

DO MERGERS REALLY REDUCE COSTS? EVIDENCE FROM HOSPITALS pp. 1054-1069

Teresa Harrison

PATENT POOL FORMATION AND SCOPE OF PATENTS pp. 1070-1082

Corinne Langinier

FIDDLING WITH VALUE: VIOLINS AS AN INVESTMENT? pp. 1083-1097

Kathryn Graddy and Philip E. Margolis

POSSIBILITY OF DYING AS A UNIFIED EXPLANATION OF WHY WE DISCOUNT THE FUTURE, GET WEAKER WITH AGE, AND DISPLAY RISK‐AVERSION pp. 1098-1103

Bhagwan Chowdhry

THE IMPACT OF AIDS ON INCOME AND HUMAN CAPITAL pp. 1104-1116

Pedro Ferreira, Samuel Pessôa and Marcelo Rodrigues Dos Santos

SELL LOCAL! THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP pp. 1117-1117

Philip Thompson and Hart Hodges

2010 Editor's Report pp. 1118-1122

Randolph McAfee

Volume 49, issue 3, 2011

IS PEER REVIEW IN DECLINE? pp. 635-657

Glenn Ellison

TREND OF SUBJECTS PUBLISHED IN ECONOMICS JOURNALS 1969–2007 pp. 658-673

Michael Kelly and Stephen Bruestle

A SIMPLE MODEL OF OPTIMAL HATE CRIME LEGISLATION pp. 674-684

Li Gan, Roberton Williams and Thomas Wiseman

ESTIMATING TIME‐VARYING BARGAINING POWER: A FISHERY APPLICATION pp. 685-696

Harrison Fell and Alan Haynie

REPUTATION, PRICE, AND DEATH: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ART PRICE FORMATION pp. 697-715

Heinrich Ursprung and Christian Wiermann

FLEXIBLE CONTRACTS AND SUBJECTIVE WELL‐BEING pp. 716-729

Colin Green and John Heywood

RETURNS TO FIELD OF STUDY VERSUS SCHOOL QUALITY: MBA SELECTION ON OBSERVED AND UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY pp. 730-749

Wayne Grove and Andrew Hussey

OPTIMAL BAIL AND THE VALUE OF FREEDOM: EVIDENCE FROM THE PHILADELPHIA BAIL EXPERIMENT pp. 750-770

David Abrams and Chris Rohlfs

ECONOMICS COURSEWORK AND LONG‐TERM BEHAVIOR AND EXPERIENCES OF COLLEGE GRADUATES IN LABOR MARKETS AND PERSONAL FINANCE pp. 771-794

Sam Allgood, William Bosshardt, Wilbert van der Klaauw and Michael Watts

RETAIL REDLINING: ARE GASOLINE PRICES HIGHER IN POOR AND MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS? pp. 795-809

Caitlin Myers, Grace Close, Laurice Fox, John William Meyer and Madeline Niemi

IN HIGH SCHOOL AND PREGNANT: THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL AND FERTILITY EXPECTATIONS FOR SUBSEQUENT OUTCOMES pp. 810-837

Olga Yakusheva

THE EFFECT OF EDUCATION ON COGNITIVE ABILITY pp. 838-856

Torberg Falch and Sofia Sandgren Massih

IMPLICATIONS OF IMMIGRATION POLICIES FOR THE U.S. FARM SECTOR AND WORKFORCE pp. 857-875

Stephen Devadoss and Jeff Luckstead

LEARNING ABOUT NEW PRODUCTS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PHYSICIANS' BEHAVIOR pp. 876-898

Maria Marta Ferreyra and Grigory Kosenok

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE UTILIZATION OF MINORITY‐ AND WOMEN‐OWNED BUSINESSES IN HIGHWAY PROCUREMENT pp. 899-915

Justin Marion

WHY DON'T ELIGIBLE FIRMS CLAIM HIRING SUBSIDIES? THE ROLE OF JOB DURATION pp. 916-934

Sarah Hamersma

A SILVER LINING? THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GASOLINE PRICES AND OBESITY pp. 935-957

Charles Courtemanche

Volume 49, issue 2, 2011

CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE PRACTICE OF MARKET DESIGN pp. 311-320

Paul Milgrom

SERVICES OUTSOURCING AND INNOVATION: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION pp. 321-333

Holger Görg and Aoife Hanley

OFFSHORING PRODUCTION: A SIMPLE MODEL OF WAGES, PRODUCTIVITY, AND GROWTH pp. 334-348

Colin Davis and Alireza Naghavi

PAYING MORE TO HIRE THE BEST? FOREIGN FIRMS, WAGES, AND WORKER MOBILITY pp. 349-363

Pedro Martins

OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING DECISION AND CAPITAL INTENSITY: FIRM‐LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS pp. 364-378

Eiichi Tomiura, Banri Ito and Ryuhei Wakasugi

THE WELFARE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION pp. 379-397

Sang-Wook Cho and Julian Diaz

THE EFFECTS OF EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ON LABOR TURNOVER: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM TAIWAN pp. 398-433

Kamhon Kan and Yen‐ling Lin

THE IMPACT OF TRADE COSTS ON FIRM ENTRY, EXPORTING, AND SURVIVAL IN KOREA pp. 434-446

Sooil Kim, Jeffrey Reimer and Munisamy Gopinath

THE COMBINED EFFECT OF SALARY RESTRICTIONS AND REVENUE SHARING IN SPORTS LEAGUES pp. 447-463

Helmut Dietl, Markus Lang and Alexander Rathke

OPTIMAL COMPETITIVE BALANCE IN A SEASON TICKET LEAGUE pp. 464-473

Rodney Fort and James Quirk

MULTIPRODUCT PRICING IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: A PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS pp. 474-488

Craig Depken and Darren Grant

STEROIDS AND HOME RUNS pp. 489-511

Arthur de Vany

THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE WORKWEEK IN THE UNITED STATES: EVIDENCE FROM THE FIFA WORLD CUP pp. 512-529

Fernando Lozano

SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY: THE ECONOMIC COST OF INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS pp. 530-539

Todd Cherry and Stephen J. Cotten

HISTORY DEPENDENCE AND THE FORMATION OF SOCIAL PREFERENCES: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY pp. 540-563

David Cooper and Carol Kraker Stockman

DOES RELATIVE THINKING EXIST IN REAL‐WORLD SITUATIONS? A FIELD EXPERIMENT WITH BAGELS AND CREAM CHEESE pp. 564-572

Ofer Azar

CONTEST DESIGN: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION pp. 573-590

Roman Sheremeta

LEADING WITH(OUT) SACRIFICE? A PUBLIC‐GOODS EXPERIMENT WITH A PRIVILEGED PLAYER pp. 591-597

Andreas Glöckner, Bernd Irlenbusch, Sebastian Kube, Andreas Nicklisch and Hans-Theo Normann

AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE PERSISTENCE OF GENDER‐BASED STEREOTYPES pp. 598-611

Philip Grossman and Oleksandr Lugovskyy

DO SOCIAL PREFERENCES INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY? FIELD EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM FISHERMEN IN TOYAMA BAY pp. 612-630

Jeffrey Carpenter and Erika Seki

THE MORAL COSTS OF NASTINESS pp. 631-633

Klaus Abbink and Benedikt Herrmann

Volume 49, issue 1, 2011

SENSE AND SURPRISE IN COMPETITIVE TRADE THEORY 2010 WEAI PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS pp. 1-12

Ronald Jones

INFLATION DYNAMICS AND SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES pp. 13-25

Klaus Adam and Mario Padula

THE CYCLICALITY OF PRICE‐COST MARGINS IN BANKING: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ITS DETERMINANTS pp. 26-46

Roger Aliaga‐díaz and Maria Olivero

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTERGENERATIONAL INCOME MOBILITY pp. 47-69

Andrea Ichino, Loukas Karabarbounis and Enrico Moretti

BOON OR BURDEN? THE EFFECT OF PRIVATE SECTOR DEBT ON THE RISK OF SOVEREIGN DEFAULT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES pp. 70-88

Oya Celasun and Philipp Harms

MONETARY POLICY AND ENDOWMENT RISK IN A LIMITED PARTICIPATION MODEL pp. 89-93

Hyung Sun Choi

THE COMPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE: ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND PREFERENCES pp. 94-107

John Creedy, Shuyun May Li and Solmaz Moslehi

WHY CANNOT POOR COUNTRIES UTILIZE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE? EXPANSION OF FIRMS AND HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION BY TRAINING pp. 108-121

Gilad D. Aharonovitz

A FINANCE APPROACH TO ESTIMATING CONSUMPTION PARAMETERS pp. 122-154

Douglas Dacy and Fuad Hasanov

WOMEN PREFER LARGER GOVERNMENTS: GROWTH, STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION, AND GOVERNMENT SIZE pp. 155-171

Tiago Cavalcanti and Jose Tavares

WHAT WAS THE MARKET VALUE OF DAIMLER DURING THE GERMAN HYPERINFLATION? pp. 172-173

Lyndon Moore

A MACROECONOMIC MODEL ON THE QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE pp. 174-184

Te‐tsun Chang and Yiting Li

ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN BANKING, INDETERMINACY, AND MONETARY POLICY pp. 185-193

Scott Dressler

COMMODITY TAXATION IN WELFARE STATES pp. 194-211

Chul-In Lee

ARE INVESTMENT EXPECTATIONS RATIONAL, ADAPTIVE OR REGRESSIVE? pp. 212-225

Chetan Dave

THE VALUE OF RISK: MEASURING THE SERVICE OUTPUT OF U.S. COMMERCIAL BANKS pp. 226-245

Susanto Basu, Robert Inklaar and J. Christina Wang

CONSUMER CREDIT, LIQUIDITY, AND THE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM OF MONETARY POLICY pp. 246-263

Ryan Brady

CORRUPTION AND GROWTH UNDER WEAK IDENTIFICATION pp. 264-275

Philip Shaw, Marina-Selini Katsaiti and Marius Jurgilas

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL DEEPENING ON ECONOMIC GROWTH? pp. 276-288

Peter Rousseau and Paul Wachtel

CLIMBING TO THE TOP? FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND PROPERTY RIGHTS pp. 289-302

Fathi Ali, Norbert Fiess and Ronald MacDonald

UP OR DOWN? A MALE ECONOMIST'S MANIFESTO ON THE TOILET SEAT ETIQUETTE pp. 303-309

Jay Choi