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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

Volume 49, issue 4, 2018

Endogenous cases and the evolution of the common law pp. 791-818

Giri Parameswaran

Gaming and strategic opacity in incentive provision pp. 819-854

Florian Ederer, Richard Holden and Margaret Meyer

Competition for traders and risk pp. 855-876

Michiel Bijlsma, Jan Boone and Gijsbert Zwart

Product variety, across‐market demand heterogeneity, and the value of online retail pp. 877-913

Thomas W. Quan and Kevin R. Williams

Dynamic price competition in auto insurance brokerage pp. 914-935

Luis Braido and Bruno C.A. Ledo

Banking privatization and market structure in Brazil: a dynamic structural analysis pp. 936-963

Fabio Sanches, Daniel Silva Junior and Sorawoot Srisuma

Spillovers from entry: the impact of bank branch network expansion pp. 964-994

Joseph Kuehn

Comparing auction designs where suppliers have uncertain costs and uncertain pivotal status pp. 995-1027

Pär Holmberg and Frank A. Wolak

Volume 49, issue 3, 2018

Collusion with limited product comparability pp. 481-503

Nicolas de Roos

Fuel taxation, emissions policy, and competitive advantage in the diffusion of European diesel automobiles pp. 504-540

Eugenio Miravete, María Moral and Jeff Thurk

The determinants of product lines pp. 541-573

Justin P. Johnson and David Myatt

Auctions with ex post uncertainty pp. 574-593

Yao Luo, Isabelle Perrigne and Quang Vuong

Strategic design under uncertain evaluations: structural analysis of design‐build auctions pp. 594-618

Hidenori Takahashi

Pairing provision price and default remedy: optimal two‐stage procurement with private R&D efficiency pp. 619-655

Bin Liu and Jingfeng Lu

Cross‐licensing and competition pp. 656-671

Doh-Shin Jeon and Yassine Lefouili

Competitive pricing strategies in social networks pp. 672-705

Ying‐Ju Chen, Yves Zenou and Junjie Zhou

The effect of entry on R&D networks pp. 706-750

Emmanuel Petrakis and Nikolas Tsakas

Multidimensional private information, market structure, and insurance markets pp. 751-787

Hanming Fang and Zenan Wu

Volume 49, issue 2, 2018

Subsidizing research programs with “if†and “when†uncertainty in the face of severe informational constraints pp. 285-310

David Besanko, Jian Tong and Jason Jianjun Wu

Extracting information or resource? The Hotelling rule revisited under asymmetric information pp. 311-347

David Martimort, Jerome Pouyet and Francesco Ricci

False advertising pp. 348-369

Andrew Rhodes and Chris M. Wilson

An optimal rule for patent damages under sequential innovation pp. 370-397

Yongmin Chen and David Sappington

Design of public procurement auctions: evidence from cleaning contracts pp. 398-426

Ari Hyytinen, Sofia Lundberg and Otto Toivanen

Scale versus scope in the diffusion of new technology: evidence from the farm tractor pp. 427-452

Daniel Gross

How consumers respond to product certification and the value of energy information pp. 453-477

Sébastien Houde

Volume 49, issue 1, 2018

Middlemen: the good, the bad, and the ugly pp. 3-22

Gary Biglaiser and Fei Li

Optimal regulation of network expansion pp. 23-42

Bert Willems and Gijsbert Zwart

The effect of ad blocking on website traffic and quality pp. 43-63

Benjamin Shiller, Joel Waldfogel and Johnny Ryan

Patent rights, innovation, and firm exit pp. 64-86

Alberto Galasso and Mark Schankerman

Complements and substitutes in sequential auctions: the case of water auctions pp. 87-127

Javier Donna and José†Antonio Espín†Sánchez

Bundling and quality assurance pp. 128-154

James Dana and Kathryn E. Spier

All†units discounts as a partial foreclosure device pp. 155-180

Yong Chao, Guofu Tan and Adam Chi Leung Wong

Dead poets' property—how does copyright influence price? pp. 181-205

Xing Li, Megan MacGarvie and Petra Moser

Consumer obfuscation by a multiproduct firm pp. 206-223

Vaiva PetrikaitÄ—

Consumer search with observational learning pp. 224-253

Daniel Garcia and Sandro Shelegia

Selling information to competitive firms pp. 254-282

Jakub Kastl, Marco Pagnozzi and Salvatore Piccolo