Journal of Public Economics

1972 - 2026

Current editor(s): R. Boadway and J. Poterba

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Volume 259, issue C, 2026

Two-faced on facebook: Ad tailoring in U.S. house campaigns

Sarah Waldfogel

The employment effects of disability benefit reassessment

Anikó Bíró, Cecília Hornok, Judit Krekó, Dániel Prinz and Ágota Scharle

Rate of return regulation revisited

Karl Dunkle Werner and Stephen Jarvis

Using price incentives to bound welfare from pay as you go solar electricity

Megan Lang

What did we learn from the North American Income Maintenance Experiments? New data and evidence on two-parent families

Chris Riddell and W. Craig Riddell

The effect of emergency financial assistance on employment and earnings

Daniel Hungerman, David Phillips, Kevin Rinz and James Sullivan

Supercompliers

Matthew L. Comey, Amanda R. Eng, Pauline Leung and Zhuan Pei

Legal representation in disability claims

Hilary Hoynes, Nicole Maestas and Alexander Strand

A model of China’s economic vertical structure

Xi Li, Xuewen Liu, Zhikun Lu and Yong Wang

How do bureaucrats respond to hybrid incentive contract? Evidence from China’s air pollution controls

Guangyu Cao, Xi Weng, Mingwei Xu and Li-An Zhou

From housing gains to pension losses: Micro-macro integration to reveal wealth inequality dynamics in Chile

Bastián Castro Nofal, Ignacio Flores and Pablo Gutiérrez Cubillos

Ballots, budgets and bricks: Brexit and the polarisation of individual economic behaviours

Pei Kuang, Davide Luca and Zhiwu Wei

Gender equality through turnover: Quasi-experimental evidence from term limit reforms in Italy

Carolina Kansikas and Manuel Bagues

National content and local political consequences: Evidence from public and private television

Mathias Bühler and Andrew Dickens

Distributional tax analysis in theory and practice: Harberger meets Diamond-Mirrlees

Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman

The (fiscal) dividend of infrastructure: Roads and revenues in Rwanda

Abdou Musonera, Aimable Nsabimana and Daniel Overbeck

Formalizing microentrepreneurs through targeted tax systems: Evidence from Brazil

Alison Farias and Roberto Hsu Rocha

Choosing (not) to choose: Uncovering intrinsic preferences for choice autonomy

Jana Freundt, Holger Herz and Leander Kopp

Drain the swamp: A theory of anti-elite populism

Gabriele Gratton and Barton E. Lee

A quantitative urban model for transport appraisal

Daniel Hörcher and Daniel J. Graham

Volume 258, issue C, 2026

The unintended consequences of accountability: Quasi-experimental evidence from policing in Pakistan

Hamna Ahmed, Dareen Haider and Kate Vyborny

Access to credit reduces the value of insurance

Sonia Jaffe, Anup Malani and Julian Reif

Taxation and business entry: Evidence from the Polish self-employment “Flat” tax

Justyna Klejdysz and Tom Zawisza

Better late than never? Quantifying funding and liquidity effects of the PPP on pandemic-era employment recovery

Olga Gorbachev, Maria J. Luengo-Prado and J.Christina Wang

Intertemporal substitution in response to non-linear health insurance contracts

Katlyn Hettinger

Identifying tax-setting responses from local fiscal policy programs

Georg U. Thunecke, Valeria Merlo, Andreas Schanbacher and Georg Wamser

Can early public childcare reduce child penalties? Evidence from Germany

Lisa-Marie Duletzki and Nayeon Lim

The compliance effects of the automatic exchange of information: Evidence from the Swiss tax amnesty

Enea Baselgia

Almost fare free: Impact of a cheap public transport ticket on mobility patterns and train delays

Mario Liebensteiner, Jakob Losert, Sarah Necker, Florian Neumeier, Jörg Paetzold and Sebastian Wichert

Volume 257, issue C, 2026

Transfer price documentation rules and multinational firm behavior – Evidence from France

Sabine Laudage Teles, Nadine Riedel, Katharina Schmidt, Kristina Strohmaier, Johannes Voget and Sophia Wickel

Television, health, and happiness: A natural experiment in West Germany

Adrian Chadi and Manuel Hoffmann

Is the bar higher for female scholars? Evidence from career steps in economics

Niels Johannesen and Simon Muchardt

Does $1 matter? Health care demand response to a small copayment

Yunji Choi

Fiscal consequences of corporate tax avoidance

Katarzyna Bilicka, Evgeniya Dubinina and Petr Janský

Cronies in the courtroom: Political interference and judicial reforms

Hongbin Cai, Heng Chen, Yuyu Chen and Sisi Zhang

Local information, mismatch, and the cost of randomization in regulatory enforcement

Yile Xiao, Mengdi Liu, Miaomiao Liu and Bing Zhang

How do holistic wrap-around anti-poverty programs affect employment and individualized outcomes?

Javier Espinosa, William N. Evans, David Phillips and Timothy Spilde

What happens when women suddenly stop receiving cash transfers?

Nasir Iqbal, Amen Jalal, Mahreen Mahmud and Kate Vyborny

Is it possible to raise national happiness?

Alberto Prati and Claudia Senik

A prescription for knowledge: Patient information and generic substitution

Linn Hjalmarsson, Christian P.R. Schmid and Nicolas Schreiner

Curbing pretextual stops: Police efficiency and racial disparities

Louis-Philippe Beland, Jason Huh, Dongwoo Kim and Kyutaro Matsuzawa

The impact of working conditions on productivity: Evidence from the U.S. public defense system

Zhihan Liu and Amy C. Mahler

The disenrollment and labor market effects of SNAP work requirements on parents

Jason Cook and Chloe N. East

The effects of workers’ compensation experience rating on workers’ absences and employment

Pascale Lengagne

Entrepreneurship and top marginal tax rates

Zhigang Ge

Classification risk in health insurance: The interaction of genetics, prevention, and insurance

Julia Holzapfel

Corporate taxpayer responses to size-based enforcement and disclosure thresholds

Jason DeBacker, Erin Towery and Bibek Adhikari

Winters of discontent

Casey Wichman

Extreme temperatures, physical activity, and adaptation

Robert I. Harris

Elections that inspire: Effects of Black mayors on educational attainment

Jorge Ikawa, Clarice Martins, C. Sant’Anna, Pedro and Rogerio Santarrosa