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Volume 51, issue 4, 2020

Buying reputation as a signal of quality: Evidence from an online marketplace pp. 965-988

Lingfang Li, Steven Tadelis and Xiaolan Zhou

Optimal certification policy, entry, and investment in the presence of public signals pp. 989-1013

Jay Pil Choi and Arijit Mukherjee

Robust pricing with refunds pp. 1014-1036

Toomas Hinnosaar and Keiichi Kawai

Constrained listening, audience alignment, and expert communication pp. 1037-1062

Paul E. Fischer, Mirko S. Heinle and Kevin C. Smith

Information acquisition and voting with heterogeneous experts pp. 1063-1092

Xu Tan and Quan Wen

On the core of auctions with externalities: stability and fairness pp. 1093-1107

Seungwon (Eugene) Jeong

Best practices for differentiated products demand estimation with PyBLP pp. 1108-1161

Christopher Conlon and Jeff Gortmaker

Attribute substitution in household vehicle portfolios pp. 1162-1196

James Archsmith, Kenneth Gillingham, Christopher R. Knittel and David Rapson

Trade associations and collusion among many agents: evidence from physicians pp. 1197-1221

Jorge Alé‐Chilet and Juan Pablo Atal

Learning while setting precedents pp. 1222-1252

Ying Chen and Hülya Eraslan

Insurance law and incomplete contracts pp. 1253-1286

Jean-Marc Bourgeon and Pierre Picard

Screening soft information: evidence from loan officers pp. 1287-1322

James Wang

Volume 51, issue 3, 2020

Price discrimination in political advertising: Evidence from the 2012 presidential election pp. 615-649

Sarah Moshary

The curse of knowledge: having access to customer information can reduce monopoly profits pp. 650-675

Didier Laussel, Ngo Long and Joana Resende

Word‐of‐mouth communication and search pp. 676-712

Arthur Campbell, C. Matthew Leister and Yves Zenou

The demand‐boost theory of exclusive dealing pp. 713-738

Giacomo Calzolari, Vincenzo Denicolo' and Piercarlo Zanchettin

Vertical structure and innovation: A study of the SoC and smartphone industries pp. 739-785

Chenyu Yang

Multi‐part tariffs and differentiated commodity taxation pp. 786-804

Anna D'Annunzio, Mohammed Mardan and Antonio Russo

A computational framework for analyzing dynamic auctions: The market impact of information sharing pp. 805-839

John Asker, Chaim Fershtman, Jihye Jeon and Ariel Pakes

Not knowing the competition: evidence and implications for auction design pp. 840-867

Yunmi Kong

Estimation in English auctions with unobserved heterogeneity pp. 868-904

Cristián Hernández, Daniel Quint and Christopher Turansick

Intermediaries and product quality in used car markets pp. 905-933

Gary Biglaiser, Fei Li, Charles Murry and Yiyi Zhou

Preemption contests between groups pp. 934-961

Stefano Barbieri, Kai Konrad and David A. Malueg

Volume 51, issue 2, 2020

Incentive‐compatible advertising on nonretail platforms pp. 323-345

Kfir Eliaz and Ran Spiegler

Search and Wholesale Price Discrimination pp. 346-374

Guillermo Marshall

Dynamic competition in deceptive markets pp. 375-401

Johannes Johnen

Targeted information and limited attention pp. 402-420

Andreas Hefti and Shuo Liu

Information exchange in cartels pp. 421-446

Yu Awaya and Vijay Krishna

Estimating dynamic games of oligopolistic competition: an experimental investigation pp. 447-469

Tobias Salz and Emanuel Vespa

Aggregative games and oligopoly theory: short‐run and long‐run analysis pp. 470-495

Simon Anderson, Nisvan Erkal and Daniel Piccinin

Identifying productivity when it is a factor of production pp. 496-530

Zach Flynn

Estimating the benefits and costs of forming business partnerships pp. 531-562

Jungho Lee

Markets for ideas: prize structure, entry limits, and the design of ideation contests pp. 563-588

Alexei Kireyev

Contracting with private rewards pp. 589-612

Rene Kirkegaard

Volume 51, issue 1, 2020

Dynamic competition with network externalities: how history matters pp. 3-31

Hanna Halaburda, Bruno Jullien and Yaron Yehezkel

Search platforms: showrooming and price parity clauses pp. 32-58

Chengsi Wang and Julian Wright

The impact of the managed care backlash on health care spending pp. 59-108

Maxim L. Pinkovskiy

Patent citations reexamined pp. 109-132

Jeffrey Kuhn, Kenneth Younge and Alan Marco

Vertical collusion pp. 133-157

David Gilo and Yaron Yehezkel

Collusion with intertemporal price dispersion pp. 158-188

Nicolas de Roos and Vladimir Smirnov

Measuring competition in spatial retail pp. 189-232

Paul B. Ellickson, Paul L.E. Grieco and Oleksii Khvastunov

Product safety, contracts, and liability pp. 233-259

Xiny Hua and Kathryn E. Spier

Loss leading with salient thinkers pp. 260-278

Roman Inderst and Martin Obradovits

Oligopolistic equilibrium and financial constraints pp. 279-300

Carmen Bevia, Luis Corchon and Yosuke Yasuda

Push or pull? Performance‐pay, incentives, and information pp. 301-317

David Rietzke and Yu Chen

Volume 50, issue 4, 2019

The roles of energy markets and environmental regulation in reducing coal‐fired plant profits and electricity sector emissions pp. 733-767

Joshua Linn and Kristen McCormack

Information control in the hold‐up problem pp. 768-786

Anh Nguyen and Teck Yong Tan

The benefit of collective reputation pp. 787-821

Zvika Neeman, Aniko Öry and Jungju Yu

Reputation and adverse selection: theory and evidence from eBay pp. 822-853

Maryam Saeedi

A model of biased intermediation pp. 854-882

Alexandre de Cornière and Greg Taylor

The effects of global leniency programs on margins and mergers pp. 883-915

Ailin Dong, Massimo Massa and Alminas Zaldokas

Employment growth following takeovers pp. 916-950

Karen Geurts and Johannes Van Biesebroeck

Intertemporal price discrimination with two products pp. 951-973

Jean Rochet and John Thanassoulis

Statistical evidence and the problem of robust litigation pp. 974-1003

Jesse Bull and Joel Watson

Promotion signaling, discrimination, and positive discrimination policies pp. 1004-1027

Marc Gürtler and Oliver Gürtler

Volume 50, issue 3, 2019

Stare decisis and judicial log‐rolls: a gains‐from‐trade model pp. 505-531

Charles M. Cameron, Lewis A. Kornhauser and Giri Parameswaran

Foreign competition and the durability of US firm investments pp. 532-567

Philippe Fromenteau, Jan Schymik and Jan Tscheke

Sequential innovation, patent policy, and the dynamics of the replacement effect pp. 568-590

Alvaro Parra

Endogenous productivity of demand‐induced R&D: evidence from pharmaceuticals pp. 591-614

Kyle Myers and Mark Pauly

Valuing product innovation: genetically engineered varieties in US corn and soybeans pp. 615-644

Federico Ciliberto, GianCarlo Moschini and Edward D. Perry

Competitive cross‐subsidization pp. 645-665

Zhijun Chen and Patrick Rey

Dynamic efficiencies of the 1997 Boeing‐McDonnell Douglas merger pp. 666-694

Yonghong An and Wei Zhao

Strategic inventories under limited commitment pp. 695-729

Fabio Antoniou and Raffaele Fiocco

Volume 50, issue 2, 2019

Sticking points: common‐agency problems and contracting in the US healthcare system pp. 251-285

Brigham Frandsen, Michael Powell and James Rebitzer

The price effects of cross‐market mergers: theory and evidence from the hospital industry pp. 286-325

Leemore Dafny, Kate Ho and Robin Lee

When is upstream collusion profitable? pp. 326-341

Dingwei Gu, Zhiyong Yao, Wen Zhou and Rangrang Bai

Vertical relations, opportunism, and welfare pp. 342-358

Germain Gaudin

Pretrial negotiations under optimism pp. 359-390

Shoshana Vasserman and Muhamet Yildiz

Contracting on litigation pp. 391-417

Kathryn E. Spier and J.J. Prescott

Dynamic financial contracting with persistent private information pp. 418-452

Shiming Fu and R. Vijay Krishna

Transfers of corporate control in firms with noncontrolling blockholders pp. 453-480

Sergey Stepanov

Communication networks, externalities, and the price of information pp. 481-502

Arnold Polanski

Volume 50, issue 1, 2019

Disclosure policy choices under regulatory threat pp. 3-28

Jeroen Suijs and Jacco L. Wielhouwer

Buyer power and mutual dependency in a model of negotiations pp. 29-56

Roman Inderst and Joao Montez

Specification and negotiation in incomplete contracts pp. 57-92

Yonghong An and Xun Tang

The bidder exclusion effect pp. 93-120

Dominic Coey, Bradley Larsen and Kane Sweeney

Productivity and credibility in industry equilibrium pp. 121-146

Michael Powell

The micro elasticity of substitution and non‐neutral technology pp. 147-167

Devesh Raval

Patent pools, vertical integration, and downstream competition pp. 168-200

Markus Reisinger and Emanuele Tarantino

Market power and price discrimination in the US market for higher education pp. 201-225

Dennis Epple, Richard Romano, Sinan Sarpça, Holger Sieg and Melanie Zaber

Social learning with differentiated products pp. 226-248

Arthur Campbell