RAND Journal of Economics

2006 - 2026

Continuation of Bell Journal of Economics and RAND Journal of Economics.

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Volume 57, issue 1, 2026

Ad Valorem Taxation in a Multiproduct Monopoly pp. 3-15

Anna D'Annunzio and Antonio Russo

Multi‐Product Monopolist and Information Design pp. 16-38

Fanqi Shi, Yutong Zhang and Litian Chen

Network Competition in the Airline Industry: An Empirical Framework pp. 39-59

Zhe Yuan and Panle Jia Barwick

Asymmetric Platform Oligopoly pp. 60-77

Martin Peitz and Susumu Sato

Purchase History and Product Personalization pp. 78-102

Laura Doval and Vasiliki Skreta

Stable Price Dispersion under Heterogeneous Buyer Consideration pp. 103-121

David P. Myatt and David Ronayne

Horizontal Mergers and Incremental Innovation pp. 122-139

Marc Bourreau, Bruno Jullien and Yassine Lefouili

Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy: Mix or Match? pp. 140-157

Natalia Fabra and Gerard Llobet

Search and Competition in Expert Markets pp. 158-175

Yiran Cao, Yongmin Chen, Yucheng Ding and Tianle Zhang

Optimal Job Design and Information Elicitation pp. 176-204

Arijit Mukherjee, Zijian Qi and Luis Vasconcelos

Optimal Refund Mechanism With Consumer Learning pp. 205-224

Qianjun Lyu

Redistribution Through Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from Three Electricity Markets pp. 225-244

Matti Liski and Iivo Vehviläinen

Reserve Price Signaling With Public Information: Evidence From Online Auto Auctions pp. 245-266

Junyan Guan and Boli Xu

Volume 56, issue 4, 2025

Pay Transparency and Inventor Productivity: Evidence From State‐Level Pay Secrecy Laws pp. 389-418

Huasheng Gao, Po‐Hsuan Hsu and Jin Zhang

Endogenous Technology Spillovers in R&D Collaboration Networks pp. 419-443

Chih‐Sheng Hsieh, Michael D. König and Xiaodong Liu

Drip Pricing When Consumers Have Limited Foresight: Evidence from Driving School Fees pp. 444-475

Katja Seim and Maria Ana Vitorino

Contingent Prizes in Dynamic Contests pp. 476-493

Jorge Lemus and Guillermo Marshall

Data and Competition: A Simple Framework pp. 494-510

Alexandre de Cornière and Greg Taylor

The Timing of New Technology Adoption: The Case of MRI pp. 511-527

Philipp Schmidt‐Dengler

Endogenous Outside Option and Data Privacy pp. 528-545

Teck Yong Tan

Price Setting on a Network pp. 546-561

Toomas Hinnosaar

Authority and Specialization Under Informational Interdependence pp. 562-586

Daniel Habermacher

Rx‐to‐OTC Switch, Market Exclusivity, and Consumer Welfare: A Study of the US Anti‐Ulcer Drug Markets pp. 587-606

Debi Prasad Mohapatra and Yang Zhang

Multivariate Incomplete Information in the Mixture Model of Contests pp. 607-624

Rene Kirkegaard

Match Quality, Search, and the Internet Market for Used Books pp. 625-654

Glenn Ellison and Sara Fisher Ellison

Auctioning Off Budgets in Procurement pp. 655-667

Claudio Rottner

Content‐Hosting Platforms: Discovery, Membership, Or Both? pp. 668-688

Ben Casner and Tat‐How Teh

Estimating Complementarity With Large Choice Sets: An Application to Mergers pp. 689-707

Daniel Ershov, Jean‐William Laliberté, Mathieu Marcoux and Scott Orr

Opportunism in Vertical Contracting: A Dynamic Perspective pp. 708-737

Jihwan Do and Jeanine Miklós‐Thal

A Dynamic Model of Predation pp. 738-755

Patrick Rey, Yossi Spiegel and Konrad Stahl

Volume 56, issue 3, 2025

An Aggregative Games Approach to Merger Analysis in Multiproduct‐Firm Oligopoly pp. 233-250

Volker Nocke and Nicolas Schutz

Is Resale Needed in Markets with Refunds? Evidence from College Football Ticket Sales pp. 251-268

Drew Vollmer

Endogenous Prices in Markets with Reputational Concerns pp. 269-284

Magnus Våge Knutsen

Cost Coordination pp. 285-301

Joseph E. Harrington

Measuring Substitution Patterns in the Attention Economy: An Experimental Approach pp. 302-324

Guy Aridor

Bidding for Contracts under Uncertain Demand: Skewed Bidding and Risk Sharing pp. 325-343

Yao Luo and Hidenori Takahashi

The Rise of For‐Profit Higher Education: A General Equilibrium Analysis pp. 344-365

Ciprian Domnisoru and Ioana Schiopu

Bargaining Between Collaborators of a Stochastic Project pp. 366-384

Z. Eddie Ning

Volume 56, issue 2, 2025

Why “Energy Price Brakes” Encourage Moral Hazard, Raise Energy Prices, and Reinforce Energy Savings pp. 129-144

Markus Dertwinkel‐Kalt and Christian Wey

Information Disclosure in Preemption Races: Blessing or (Winner's) Curse? pp. 145-162

Catherine Bobtcheff, Raphaël Levy and Thomas Mariotti

Product Development with Lurking Patentees pp. 163-183

Erik Hovenkamp, Jorge Lemus and John L. Turner

Manipulative Disclosure pp. 184-193

Claudio Mezzetti

The Buyer Power Effect of Retail Mergers: An Empirical Model of Bargaining with Equilibrium of Fear pp. 194-215

Céline Bonnet, Zohra Bouamra‐Mechemache and Hugo Molina

On the Ratchet Effect with Product Market Competition pp. 216-230

Michele Bisceglia and Salvatore Piccolo

Volume 56, issue 1, 2025

Strategic Reneging and Market Power in Sequential Markets pp. 3-34

David Benatia and Etienne Billette de Villemeur

Why Do Retail Prices Fall During Seasonal Demand Peaks? pp. 35-54

R. Andrew Butters, Daniel W. Sacks and Boyoung Seo

Optimal Incentive Contracts With Bonus Caps pp. 55-73

Chang Koo Chi and Trond E. Olsen

The Effects of Advertising Disclosure Regulations on Social Media: Evidence From Instagram pp. 74-90

Daniel Ershov and Matthew Mitchell

Transparency and Policymaking with Endogenous Information Provision pp. 91-105

Hanzhe Li

The Competitive Conduct of Consumer Cooperatives pp. 106-125

Marco Duarte, Lorenzo Magnolfi and Camilla Roncoroni