Journal of Public Economics

1972 - 2025

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

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Volume 161, issue C, 2018

Who did the ethanol tax credit benefit? An event analysis of subsidy incidence pp. 1-14

David A. Bielen, Richard Newell and William Pizer

Does greater school autonomy make a difference? Evidence from a randomized natural experiment in South Korea pp. 15-30

Youjin Hahn, Liang Wang and Hee-Seung Yang

Strategic thinking in public goods games with teams pp. 31-43

Caleb Cox and Brock Stoddard

An offer you can refuse: The effect of transparency with endogenous conflict of interest pp. 44-55

Melis Kartal and James Tremewan

Volume 160, issue C, 2018

Tax compliance and fiscal externalities: Evidence from U.S. diesel taxation pp. 1-13

Justin Marion and Erich Muehlegger

Gasoline price uncertainty and the design of fuel economy standards pp. 14-32

Ryan Kellogg

Be careful what you calibrate for: Social discounting in general equilibrium pp. 33-49

Lint Barrage

Unemployment and environmental regulation in general equilibrium pp. 50-65

Marc A.C. Hafstead and Roberton Williams

Education and propaganda: Tradeoffs to public education provision in nondemocracies pp. 66-81

Patrick Testa

How to split the pie: Optimal rewards in dynamic multi-battle competitions pp. 82-95

Xin Feng and Jingfeng Lu

Traffic and crime pp. 96-116

Louis-Philippe Beland and Daniel Brent

Can vouchers reduce elite capture of local development projects? Experimental evidence from the Solomon Islands pp. 117-131

Andrew Beath, Ariel BenYishay, d’Adda, G., Pauline Grosjean and R.A. Weber

Error-prone inference from response time: The case of intuitive generosity in public-good games pp. 132-147

Maria Recalde, Arno Riedl and Lise Vesterlund

A Reform Dilemma in polarized democracies pp. 148-158

Hans Gersbach and Oriol Tejada

Volume 159, issue C, 2018

The impact of commercial television on turnout and public policy: Evidence from Norwegian local politics pp. 1-15

Sebastian Ellingsen and Øystein Hernæs

Wind electricity subsidies — A windfall for landowners? Evidence from a feed-in tariff in Germany pp. 16-32

Peter Haan and Martin Simmler

Does early child care affect children's development? pp. 33-53

Christina Felfe and Rafael Lalive

The right type of legislator: A theory of taxation and representation pp. 54-65

Andrea Mattozzi and Erik Snowberg

State-controlled companies and political risk: Evidence from the 2014 Brazilian election pp. 66-78

Augusto Carvalho and Bernardo Guimaraes

Corruption, organized crime and the bright side of subversion of law pp. 79-88

Astrid Gamba, Giovanni Immordino and Salvatore Piccolo

Grandchildren and their grandparents' labor supply pp. 89-103

Peter Rupert and Giulio Zanella

The Binary Conditional Contribution Mechanism for public good provision in dynamic settings — Theory and experimental evidence pp. 104-115

Andreas Reischmann and Jörg Oechssler

Bundled procurement pp. 116-127

Yongmin Chen and Jianpei Li

The effects of collecting income taxes on Social Security benefits pp. 128-145

John Jones and Yue Li

Chinese aid and local corruption pp. 146-159

Ann-Sofie Isaksson and Andreas Kotsadam

Charter school entry and school choice: The case of Washington, D.C pp. 160-182

Maria Marta Ferreyra and Grigory Kosenok

The demand for teacher characteristics in the market for child care: Evidence from a field experiment pp. 183-202

Casey Boyd-Swan and Chris M. Herbst

TAs like me: Racial interactions between graduate teaching assistants and undergraduates pp. 203-224

Lester Lusher, Douglas Campbell and Scott Carrell

Regional state capacity and the optimal degree of fiscal decentralization pp. 225-243

Antonio Bellofatto and Martin Besfamille

Volume 158, issue C, 2018

Congressional committees, legislative influence, and the hegemony of chairs pp. 1-11

Christopher R. Berry and Anthony Fowler

Assessing the efficiency of local open space provision pp. 12-24

Corey Lang

How do voters matter? Evidence from US congressional redistricting pp. 25-47

Daniel Jones and Randall Walsh

The effect of charter competition on unionized district revenues and resource allocation pp. 48-62

Jason Cook

Immigration enforcement and economic resources of children with likely unauthorized parents pp. 63-78

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Esther Arenas-Arroyo and Almudena Sevilla

Early kindergarten, maternal labor supply and children's outcomes: Evidence from Italy pp. 79-102

Francesca Carta and Lucia Rizzica

Collective action in an asymmetric world pp. 103-112

Cuicui Chen and Richard Zeckhauser

Pareto improvements from Lexus Lanes: The effects of pricing a portion of the lanes on congested highways pp. 113-125

Jonathan Hall

Empty homes, longer commutes: The unintended consequences of more restrictive local planning pp. 126-151

Paul Cheshire, Christian Hilber and Hans Koster

The impact of a surprise donation ask pp. 152-167

Christine L. Exley and Ragan Petrie

Do retirement savings increase in response to information about retirement and expected pensions? pp. 168-179

Mathias Dolls, Philipp Doerrenberg, Andreas Peichl and Holger Stichnoth

Ghostbusting in Detroit: Evidence on nonfilers from a controlled field experiment pp. 180-193

Ben Meiselman

Volume 157, issue C, 2018

Does inducing informal firms to formalize make sense? Experimental evidence from Benin pp. 1-14

Najy Benhassine, David McKenzie, Victor Pouliquen and Massimiliano Santini

The hidden costs of nudging: Experimental evidence from reminders in fundraising pp. 15-26

Mette Trier Damgaard and Christina Gravert

The timing of choice-enhancing policies pp. 27-40

Takeshi Murooka and Marco A. Schwarz

Taxes, informality and income shifting: Evidence from a recent Pakistani tax reform pp. 41-77

Mazhar Waseem

Bunching on the Autobahn? Speeding responses to a ‘notched’ penalty scheme pp. 78-94

Christian Traxler, Franz Westermaier and Ansgar Wohlschlegel

The scope and limits of accounting and judicial courts intervention in inefficient public procurement pp. 95-106

Antonio Estache and Renaud Foucart

Partisan bias and expressive voting pp. 107-120

Andrea Robbett and Peter Matthews

The mortality effects of retirement: Evidence from Social Security eligibility at age 62 pp. 121-137

Maria Fitzpatrick and Timothy Moore

Employment protection and labor productivity pp. 138-157

Carl Magnus Bjuggren

Spillovers in education choice pp. 158-183

Juanna Joensen and Helena Nielsen

Intended college attendance: Evidence from an experiment on college returns and costs pp. 184-211

Zachary Bleemer and Basit Zafar

The effect of human capital on earnings: Evidence from a reform at Colombia's top university pp. 212-225

Carolina Arteaga